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Old 11-02-2011, 12:29 PM
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fritz1
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Originally Posted by jerry d
Hey Fritz i like your choice of caliber and brand of scope but why such a high magnification, especially if it's gonna primarly be used as an eastern whitetail rifle?
Well Colorado Luckydog pretty much answered it like I would have, but I will elaborate a little more. I grew up using 3-9 scopes, never really had a problem with them but as far as I can remember I have never used one on the 3x setting, I have however had a 3-9x scope and wish I had a little more power. The only gun I have ever used 3x on has been my XP100R handgun. When I started using 4-12 and 4.5-14x scopes and saw the difference I decided that I would never own another 3-9x scope. I have a fixed 6x Leupold on a 243, do you think it is too strong because it doesnt adjust down to 3x?
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