Thread: Scope musings

Originally Posted by ZQLewis

Zeropac, you are asking about hunting scopes, my Burris Veracity 2-10 is 22 oz or around 620 gram. Its is a 30mm tube FFP and non iluminated. I see a 10x as typically good to 400 mtr for typical large game hunting but obviously you can streach it well past that if you want.
What sort of ranges are you looking to hunt out to with the scope you are looking for?
Z

To date I haven't shot game past 500m. My thoughts are that with the 6.5CM I could stretch this out to around 600m but then only in calm conditions. I tend to always zoom the scope up to the max magnification setting. The lowest max mag I have on any of my scopes is 16x on a zeiss V4. I reckon scope choice is a personal thing, for me I would not go for something with only 10x max mag even though it will do the job in the right hands. I looked at the 4-20x50 veracity but at 770 grams its a no go.
I do already have plenty of scopes that fit my criteria but I'm a bit of a tinkerer so it tend to ignore the old mantra ( if it ain't broken don't fix it) part of the enjoyment I get out of my sport is playing with new gear, I'm the prefect consumer, always buying and trying new stuff. I like to think I have pretty open mind on choices, as opposed to some who would rather be seen running naked down Queen street than be seen with a SFP scope on their rifle. Already I'm considering giving a FFP scope a try. The Arken EPL 6-24x50 looks interesting, I am not sure how Arken manage to put these scopes on the market at these prices so I am I little suspicious but the reviews look good.