Minimum Magnification For 100 yards
 

What is your minimum magnification on 100 yards shot at a deer. I found a great deal on a Nikon scope that is 1.65-5x36. I have always shot 3x9x40.

Would it make that much of a difference for a riffled 20 gauge shotgun? My wife's H@R needs a new scope. It still has 5 inches of eye relief.


Doug

Too much movement for me at high magnification. My gun came with a 3x9 scope. Something i'd never buy. I leave it set on 3x for shots all the way to 200yds.

The scope you're looking at is more than enough for 100 yds.

Just depends on the shooters preference. My brother in law prefers 7x for shooting out to 200 yards. I on the other hand like 9 to 10x at 100+ and very thin cross hairs.

Doug their are a lot of people just using a 1x scope for clarity, some states will only allow a 1x.

During our ml season I have to use open sights - I use a Williams FP peep sight. 100 yards is not that far for a regular sized deer... UNLESS - like me age has taken a huge toll on the eyesight.

I think your wife would really like the 1.65 to 5. It would be a tremedous help from no scope at all. And on 5 the deer would be right off the end of the barrel.

If it is the right price go for it... and it is hard to beat a Nikon

but probably like you my favorite is still the 3x9x40.

Pretty much all of my shots are less than 100 yards and I have 3-9x40s on all my inlines. I keep it on 4 unless I choose to turn it up. Unless I have to make a snap shot, I always turn it up. Better view = better shot in my opinion.

I use a 1.75x4 on my triumph... thats all i need out to 150 yards

I also think this is a personal preference. IMO I like a 4.5-14 and think it's about perfect on a rifle for 100 yards, however, I don't know that I'd want something that big of a muzzle loader. On my muzzle loader I run a 3-9x40 and for me it's the minimum I'd want. I shoot it on 9x at the range, and I leave it set on 5x most all of the time in the field, but if I have time, I zoom it into 9x quite often before taking a shot at a deer. If it's something where he is moving, running, etc, where I wouldn't have time to adjust the magnification, I can still get a shot off with it on 5x and that's what I usually do.

I hardly ever use anything less than 5x, but I have once or twice if something was super close.

I've got a buddy that likes a 6.5-20 and most of his shots are in the 100-150 yard range although that's too much for me on the low end. I've got other friends that use a 2-7 and it's plenty for them, so it's all a personal preference.

If it's a good deal that would be a good scope for your purposes...Many use much more than needed and it takes them too long to acquire their target...

If you are concerned about it, take one of you other scopes, put it on 4-5x and try her at 100 yards...Back in the 60s and 70s most of us used 4x because we didn't trust the variables...I had no problem killing deer out to 200 yards with a 4x...

If my memory serves me correctly, 1x for every 25yrd is the general rule. That Nikon should do just fine.

Yes we did. That is what we did.

This past season The deer i killed during rifle season, were done in by muzzle loaders with a 4X scope mounted. The deer i killed during the muzzle loader season was done in by a rifle with a peep sight at near 100 yard.