Thread: What magnification are you running in the bush?

A very successful crafty bush hobbit meat hunter that I knew went to a fixed 6x power on his 243 for head and neck shooting and so that he could shoot deer at 300 consistently when they presented. IMO rifle fit and technique is the most important. Many Euro scopes are fixed 8x56, mostly for shooting in the dark but moving boar and deer as well. It is what you get used to. I can say that I have never missed the chance of a shot because of too much mag, even when the scope has been left wound up to x9