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Erich10931
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Posted: December/23/2008 at 16:52 |
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I have go the impression that a good 3x9 scope (medium magnification) is more accurate than a higher magnification scope as in a 4x16 or 6.5x20 (high magnification)or greater?
I am refering to strickly scope ability not shooter ability.
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rifle looney
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scopes are not accurate.guns and shooters are? but yes they can make you more accurate.
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pyro6999
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i have always thought, target wise that the smaller the area you can focus on the better, i may be in left field but if i am down to looking at the inside diameter of the 10 ring and my cross hairs are covering the x well, then i should be able to repeat shot for shot, assuming all else is right with the world
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They call me "Boots"
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rifle looney
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sounds logical.
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Big Squeeze
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With a lower powered variable or a low powered fixed, I think that the reticle choice can make the difference in the precision dept.
A Tip!......... For better precision with heavy reticles, like using my lower powered VX3 German #4 with the heavier reticle thickness covering 2.8" of the target at 100 yards, I simply change the target background and cheat. If the target background I want isn`t available, using a compass, I draw a 4" circle on bright colored yellow paper, cut it out and tape on the target. Then looking through my scope, I evenly divide that circle into quarters with the reticle and then whamo!....BTW! Great groups!
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koshkin
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A lot depends on how steady your position is. If I have a very steady position and am shooting at a very small target, high magnification helps. Out of most field positions, I find the increased perception of the shaking of my hands/rifle is annoying and prefer mdoest magnification.
Generally, I found that out to 100yards I shoot groups of about the same size with any magnification above (and including) 4x. The further the target the more magnification I need for shooting groups. ILya |
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Sparky
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Are you talking about glass wise a better quality 3-9 vs a lesser quality higher magnification scope? If so I could see that. For my experience when I changed my Leupold for a Nightforce my groups decreased in size at longer ranges. For me it is just much easier to be accurate with a clearer sight picture.
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brodeur272
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I find that the only difference is that I can see the holes in the target with the higher power scopes. Low or high power, I place them on the target at the same place every time and let the rifle show me the results. My 22 mag with a 4x36 Kahles scope still shoots 1" goups at 100 yards.
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Gunshow75
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This is well said. You can't hit what you can't see. I would expand on this and say that the magnification required will be dependent both on the size of the target and the visual acuity of the shooter. Having 20/20 vision means one can identify the letter E when it is 8.8mm high from a distance of 6 meters. The letter E contains three black bars and two white spaces. From an angular perspective, we must identify a bar and a space. So, (8.8mm*(1m/1000mm)*(2/5)/6m) gives us an angular resolution of 0.000587 radians, or about 2 MOA. The diffraction limit for the angular resolution of 500nm light through a circular, 5mm pupil is 0.000122 radians, or about 0.4 MOA. We would expect to be able to resolve targets that fall somewhere between these two limits; 0.4 MOA to 2 MOA. Studies have shown that most can resolve 0.0005 radians, or about 1.7 MOA, and that those with the most acute vision, under optimal viewing conditions, can resolve about 0.0002 radians, or about 0.7 MOA. |
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pyro6999
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hey tom can you put that in dumbass terms? i dont follow you |
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They call me "Boots"
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koshkin
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Dumbass terms in bold just below:
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pyro6999
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thanks ilya! now i really feel like a dumbass! i would expect all this technical jargon to come from you. my bad!
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koshkin
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All Tom was pointing out was that human can resolve only a certain amount of detail (small feature). Features smaller than what the human eye can resolve are essentially invisible. When you are shooting at something, first and foremost you have to see well enough for a consistent aiming point. If the target is very small, you simply can't aim consistently. For example, think of 1000 yard shooters. Their targets tend to be very large, although good shooters make groups that are only a few inches. Technically speaking, if you are shooting an 8" group at 1000 yards, you really only need to have a target that is 8" or bigger. However, unless you plan to use an astronomical telescope instead of a rifle scope, you need a pretty big target to aim at (think of Mike McDonald shooting as well as he does at 1000yards with 10x Super Sniper: he needs enough magnification to see the target, the small features within the target he does not need to see). I typically shoot at standard size targets which range from 6" to 18" in diameter. Therefore, at 100 yards, the magnification is not very important for me. I do not need to see the bullet holes, I only need to be able to aim the same way every time. At longer ranges, I need more magnification to simply see the target (i.e. roughly resolve where the target edges are). One other complication is that optical sights introduce their own aberrations and distortions that make it harder to see detail. For example, let's say with a naked eye I can resolve a 2" spot at 50 yards (hypothetically). That means that ideally with a 2x scope I would be able to resolve the same 2" spot at 100yards. In practice, that is seldom the case, since the scope will degrade the image ever so slightly, so the smallest I would be able to resolve is a spot 2.1" in size (for example). ILya Edited by koshkin - December/27/2008 at 14:31 |
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pyro6999
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thank you thats much better i follow you now.
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They call me "Boots"
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Tip69
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me too.... thanks!
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take em!
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