Rifle Scope Advice

[royzer 2]

hi all whats the best magnification scope to get for a 12ft1b rifle weirauch hw100T please

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

your probably not going to need 24x lol

 

somewhere between 2.5 - 16x is most you should need. depending what you want to use it for

[Danny Fireblade 66]

The thing to remember about magnification is that it also magnifies your errors.

[barrywhite 282]

If you were to get a scope with high magnification make sure you can focus it close range .A scope with high magnification that can focus clearly at close range will cost a bit more it seems to me.So if you dont want to spend to much on a scope, a scope with less magnification may be better .What is important is to make sure the scope can focus clearly at close range I feel .I have some high magnification scopes but I tend to set my scopes at 9x when shooting rabbits .high magnification is fun to shoot targets at long ranges you can see your pellet holes .

[Craig Fosse 286]

Exactly what Danny says... I use one magnification for hunting...x7, and I use x9 on my zero occasionally, x7 I find is a good variable because it makes the target large enough but doesn't show your minute movements as much which automatically keeps your groups tighter.

[zini 1,939]

I use x 8 or 10 in the day (rifle depending) and between 3 and 6 at night quarry depending.

 

Rats = x 3 or 4

 

Rabbits = x 6

[TimS 49]

3x or 4x at night

 

10x during the day.

 

If you are only target shooting, I love high power scopes, however if you want to hunt, get used to lower magnifications as it increases your field of view and flattens out your trajectory over hunting ranges.

 

Check your trajectory and holdover at the magnification you want to use on Chairgun and get practising!

 

Tim