The highest power??

[want2baccurate]

I want to get into bench shooting. Have been a Hunter all my life but mainly with open sights so scopes and what power is kinda new. Question is why not use a really high power scope dailed to its highest setting? Seems like that would draw your target in to where your looking at the exact spot you are trying to hit instead of your crosshair covering most of the target at 100 yards or 600 yards.

 

[dkhunt14]

Most are using 25 to 50 for 600 and 1000. The trouble is if you get to high of power, mirage and atmospheric conditions can make it blurry. Some are using up to 80. Matt

 

[LHSmith]

I want to get into bench shooting. Have been a Hunter all my life but mainly with open sights so scopes and what power is kinda new. Question is why not use a really high power scope dailed to its highest setting? Seems like that would draw your target in to where your looking at the exact spot you are trying to hit instead of your crosshair covering most of the target at 100 yards or 600 yards.

What Matt said. Also,competition scopes have much finer reticles than you are probably used to.

 

[dondlhmn]

Depending upon where you live and do most of your shooting, the MIRAGE can be a deal breaker with the higher magnification scopes. Personally, I believe that variables are just scopes with more mechanical things in them to go wrong, go wrong, go wrong, go ron. go rong....but I still use them due to the fact that the magnification can be cranked to a level that is livable for the day and the mirage. if you are stuck with a fixed power that is just too high for conditions, you might just as well go back home and sleep in the grass.