Magnification on a riflescope.
12-07-2015, 09:51 AM
#1
Spike
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Magnification on a riflescope.
I went hunting this weekend and missed a decent deer due to my scope. I have a nikon prostaff 3-9-40 riflescope with nikoplex reticle. I always sight my gun in at 3x at about 75 yards. I'm limited on clear shots around here. To make a long story short I zoomed my scope in at 6x and missed the deer. Came home and was shooting dead on zero. Zoomed in the scope to 9x just to see what it would do. It dropped the bullet about 12 inches low. Why would a scope change the point of impact when just simply zoomed in. Thx for the input.
12-07-2015, 10:09 AM
#2
Giant Nontypical
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I went hunting this weekend and missed a decent deer due to my scope. I have a nikon prostaff 3-9-40 riflescope with nikoplex reticle. I always sight my gun in at 3x at about 75 yards. I'm limited on clear shots around here. To make a long story short I zoomed my scope in at 6x and missed the deer. Came home and was shooting dead on zero. Zoomed in the scope to 9x just to see what it would do. It dropped the bullet about 12 inches low. Why would a scope change the point of impact when just simply zoomed in. Thx for the input.
12-07-2015, 10:37 AM
#3
Giant Nontypical
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As an experiment;
Shoot 5 shot groups; one "group" on 3X, one "group" on 6X & one "group" on 9X.
If you have 3 (tight !) groups all at different points of impact, you can send it back with confidence (enclose target as proof) !!!
Let us know the results of the 3 groups set on the 3 different powers.
Shoot 5 shot groups; one "group" on 3X, one "group" on 6X & one "group" on 9X.
If you have 3 (tight !) groups all at different points of impact, you can send it back with confidence (enclose target as proof) !!!
Let us know the results of the 3 groups set on the 3 different powers.
Last edited by Sheridan; 12-08-2015 at 08:25 AM.
12-07-2015, 01:45 PM
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Fork Horn
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As an experiment;
Shoot 5 shot groups; one "group" on 3X, one "group" on 6X & one "group" on 9X.
If you have 3 (tight !) groups all at different points of impact, you can send it back with confidence (enclose target as proof) !!!
Let us know the results of the 3 groups set on the 3 different powers.
Shoot 5 shot groups; one "group" on 3X, one "group" on 6X & one "group" on 9X.
If you have 3 (tight !) groups all at different points of impact, you can send it back with confidence (enclose target as proof) !!!
Let us know the results of the 3 groups set on the 3 different powers.
Yes, Very good idea! Also post us a pic of the target.
Maybe we could help more if we could see the groups.
12-07-2015, 03:02 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
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??? That makes no sense. Sight in at 3x and you need to guess where you might hit if you adjust your power to 6 or 9?
My scopes hit the same at 3x or 9x or in between.
12-07-2015, 03:14 PM
#9
Giant Nontypical
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Don't know how you came up with that lame, incorrect statement because a decent scope will not change a bullet's impact at it's various power settings. If they did to any extent, there wouldn't be any being sold! If one does change impact points to any extent, I would tell the person just like I told the OP, to contact the manufacturer and have the scope repaired or, better yet, replaced.
12-07-2015, 03:17 PM
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