ORIGINAL: MO-KS_hunter
ORIGINAL: bigcountry
ORIGINAL: frizzellr
I have never liked them because it puts the scope to high above the bore.
That and one of the weakest scope mounts a person could waste thier money on. If one needs see thrus, they got way too high powered scope on thier gun.
okay so here is my dilemma. I want sighting system that is good for both long range shots and short range shots on moving deer. I currently own a Leupold 3-9x scope and even with the scope turned all the way down, I still have trouble finding the deer in my scope (I've actually lost 3 large deer in the past 3 years because of this). I don't think it's the power, I think its more of the fact that I grew up using open sights and in the heat of the moment, when a large buck is bearing down on me, open sights would be the optimum choice. But I don't want to give up the long range accuracy of a scope either. That's why see thru's seemed to be the most logical choice. I would hope there would be some on the market that would good enough
Fellow, that's no dillema at all! I shot my last bull elk at about 35 yards, with a fixed-power 6X scope on my single-shot Ruger N0.1B rifle, which has no other sights at all! No sweat!
For close shooting, turn your scope down to 3X, then practice KEEPING BOTH EYES OPEN AS YOU POINT THE GUN until you have located the targetin the scope. This will make it possible for you to snap the scope onto the target instantly as long as both eyes are open. If it takes a little practice, so what! You'll eventually get to where you can snap a shot thru a flying sparrow at 25 yards, even with the scope on a higher magnification! Save the 9X setting for game standing in the shadows beyond 300 yards!