05-28-2023, 11:17 AM
My experience with quick release, which admittedly is limited, is that they can "quick release" or get loose at the wrong times. People who say they return to zero - well possible I guess but more skeptical of that than believing...
What you should think about is a ffp, good quality scope with the magnif range like 4-16, 3-18, something like that. For those close in shots you can dial down or dial up for the farther ones or targets.
I've got several vortexes and they do this for me. But it's more a function of your eyes personally and how they're working in dim light, bright light, near and far. I have a need to identify buck/doe and even sometimes how many points or antler spread they have, so use scopes with higher mag's that I did when younger. Eyes are good now but the larger image definitely helps; I'm steadying the rifle with some kind of front support, tripod, shooting house window, etc., so all the fuss about mag making the image shaky is a non-issue.
I just swapped my diamond back tactical (4-16 ffp) onto a new 243 and it's doing really well, 100 gr hdy's into 0.5-0.6 inch/100 yds. My normal preferred scope will have at least an x16 on the top end. But with ffp, dial it anywhere and the ranging remains the same. My Arcs all have an ffp on them.
I would add that a scope with an illuminated reticle helps in the low-light times, like getting towards dusk, when I dial back down to ~9x or 10x for 50-100 yds and throw on the reticle illum. These usually have a larger obj lens too for better light gathering ability, also a plus.
A 16x for me will easily take me out to 600 yds target shooting. 1000 was more like 25% but 600 was dead on, for steel.
What you should think about is a ffp, good quality scope with the magnif range like 4-16, 3-18, something like that. For those close in shots you can dial down or dial up for the farther ones or targets.
I've got several vortexes and they do this for me. But it's more a function of your eyes personally and how they're working in dim light, bright light, near and far. I have a need to identify buck/doe and even sometimes how many points or antler spread they have, so use scopes with higher mag's that I did when younger. Eyes are good now but the larger image definitely helps; I'm steadying the rifle with some kind of front support, tripod, shooting house window, etc., so all the fuss about mag making the image shaky is a non-issue.
I just swapped my diamond back tactical (4-16 ffp) onto a new 243 and it's doing really well, 100 gr hdy's into 0.5-0.6 inch/100 yds. My normal preferred scope will have at least an x16 on the top end. But with ffp, dial it anywhere and the ranging remains the same. My Arcs all have an ffp on them.
I would add that a scope with an illuminated reticle helps in the low-light times, like getting towards dusk, when I dial back down to ~9x or 10x for 50-100 yds and throw on the reticle illum. These usually have a larger obj lens too for better light gathering ability, also a plus.
A 16x for me will easily take me out to 600 yds target shooting. 1000 was more like 25% but 600 was dead on, for steel.