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Thread: Sighting in. Back to basics

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    By Popular Demand gimp's Avatar
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    It's a hangover from when variable scopes often had POI shift between magnification. Generally, if taking a longer shot, you would use a higher magnification and a closer shot (where shift would be less of a problem), lower magnification.
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