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The Leupold 3x9 Hunter is a great piece of glass for 200 - 300 yards for hunting. I've shot many sub moa groups with them. For the money, it's a nice optic IMO.
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gunsrfun1 said:Obviously the entire photo you posted is much bigger than what you saw through the scope. (That is, it is enlarged.) So I am just wondering how visible the target was in the actual image through the scope, which would be much smaller than the size of the photo you posted.
So I would think it would be pretty small, right? That's why I posted my original question about scope power at these distances.
Am I missing something?
Thanks!
cheygriz said:If you need more than 6X for biggame, you need to get new eyeglasses.
+1, A new to me Remington 700 (1977) in 243 will be getting 2-7x glass. One thing to remember is that during summer heat, higher magnification powers will distort the target due to heat waves near the ground.I have a couple of old Leupolds on my two pet rifles. A 2-7 on my .243, which is plenty good for prairie dogs to 300 yards. A 3-9 on my '06, good to 350 on 3X.
Walking hunting, I always use the lower magnification for better field of view. Sitting, I might go up to 4X or 5X.
7X/9X is limited pretty much to the benchrest, testing loads or checking sight-in.
Interesting, I have a 788 in 22-250 that sports a 4x scope; coyotes are typically shot at distances less than 300 yards. Never underestimate field of vision on a moving target.As has been mentioned earlier, get a quality scope to begin with, "buy once"! I picked up a Vortex Viper HD 6X24X50 scope back in Dec. , have never had any complaints with it. Sighting in at 100 yds. , power adjusted and clarity adjusted, target was clearer than any other scope I've owned, 5 shots into space easily, easily covered by a dime. I'm shooting Rem. 788 bolt in .223. Good luck.