03-12-2022, 03:40 AM
VASCAR2 Wrote:The air is thinner and where we were shooting it was easy to see or steel targets or prairie dogs. The higher elevation at 1000 yards made seeing a target at 1000 yards easier with my 6.5-20 scope plus I could easily see my misses. At 1000 yards at 400 ASL it is more difficult to see the same target because of the thicker air, humidity, mirage and vegetation. I personally like having higher magnification on my longer barrels and on my shorter rifles I like lower magnified optics with less bulk.
It really helps to use different scopes in your own area to find out what works best for you in your conditions.
Thank for clarifying. Makes sense to me. Hope my 18x max scopes will do quite well. Haven't had a chance to use them for shooting yet; just been looking through them out in my backyard. From there I can place them on solid platforms to view the backyards etc of far off homes on a hillside. Some of these places are 2000+ yards away. When the weather conditions are perfect, I can see well enough to count the slats on patio chairs that far off. And make out the patterns of trellises on the sides of houses. I figure if I can do that at 2000 yds, hitting a big gong ought to quite doable. In theory. Depending on conditions and my dope, etc.