ORIGINAL: oldelkhunter
I always crank the scope up to max powerfor sighting in purposes. I like the POI exactly where it's supposed to be after chronographingfinished hunting loadsand having it match the load tables.For hunting i leave it at the lowest setting and if necessary increase the power.I do offhand practice with it set to a low or interim range and usually no more.
+1.
I like to shoot 1/3 or ½ box of centerfire offhand during a range trip. However, I'll do 2 to 3 boxes (of 50) offhand with my .22lr. That rifle's got a 4x32 on it, so I've found that trying to shoot my CF rifles offhand with the scope dialed above 4x just doesn't feel right. Plus, "my minute-of-elk" offhand shooting seems to fall-off drastically when I get out to 150 yards, so I don't reallyneed to have it cranked up much higher for offhand shooting.
At the bench, though, 9x is handy.
FC