scope question

toad67

January 05, 2014 12:46

Have decided that I want to try some informal longer range target shooting, up to 1500 yards or so and am looking at the Leupold LRT scopes. Is 20x enough or should I be looking at 25x or so? It will be on top of a Ruger VT in 6.5 Creedmoor. Thanks.

Todd

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  FrancF

  January 05, 2014 17:02

  Rule of thumb in most cases, (And the same follows in astronomy) Distortion comes with Conditions at high magnification. With my NXS scopes, at long range 14-16x works best for me. They do go to 24x but It makes me a crappy shot when I ramp it up.

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  JimmyJack

  January 06, 2014 05:28

  Question, where on earth do you find a place to shoot those distances?

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  Hawk Carse

  January 06, 2014 07:00

  You can always back off a high powered variable, that is the advantage of variable target scopes. My 8.5-25X seldom gets all the way to 25X but hardly ever below 20. Adjust to suit the lighting and mirage.

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  toad67

  January 06, 2014 09:37

  Hawk,
  
  Do you have the Leupold 8.5-25? If so what model is it and how do you like it?
  
  
  
  quote:Originally posted by Hawk Carse
  You can always back off a high powered variable, that is the advantage of variable target scopes. My 8.5-25X seldom gets all the way to 25X but hardly ever below 20. Adjust to suit the lighting and mirage.

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  JustC

  January 06, 2014 11:16

  the picture would be crystal clear inside a building, even at 50x. The mirage is what distorts the view/focus. The sun, even hitting snow, creates mirage, the outside temp doesn't matter. A completely overcast day, and you can often get all the way up in the magnification range. I have shot 600yd matches where I had to turn my 32x NXS back to 18x just to filter out the majority of the mirage and get a clear image of the target.
  
  I found some years ago, the IOR Valdada to be a tad better than the NXS, which was a tad better than the leupy. That was with my scopes, so YMMV.
  
  as stated, you can always dial back, but you can't dial up if you don't have the magnification.

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  noylj

  January 06, 2014 20:24

  >And the same follows in astronomy
  
  Magnification is about the least important thing in astronomy--light gathering is so much more critical.
  Would agree, a good variable would be best.

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