Who uses a fixed scope
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Sako75Hunter
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griffshrek
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I run two identical 8 x 56 S&B scopes with illuminated L3 reticle for my 7mm and .204 .
I have previously used a variable mag Swarovski on the .204 but it was only ever zoomed in for some zeroing or on occasion longish small critter bashing . I found 99% of my live shooting was on 8ish mag .
I personally like the robustness of the S&B 8 x 56 great light gathering and field of view with the nice solid centre ret and no parallax.
For foxing with the .204 most of my shots are sub 200m with the occasional stretching to the 250-300m and this ret is ample for foxing at those ranges .
For deer it's great as most of my shots are sub 250m its easy to see the solid centre ret .
The Fox size gong is more like a small vixen size.
Fox size gong @ 200m
300m
For me the fixed 8 x 56 fulfils all my needs .
Gong after a 300m practice at 200 & 300m the reason ( honestly) for some spread out grouping is I choose clean areas of the gong to see the bullet hits.
As I run and use the same scopes for all my CF shooting , for me the fix mag scopes completely do all I need .
I just realised before all the keyboard warriors start bipping over putting the gong against the role bale and not safe , farmer won't be happy etc etc etc . The farmer was with me having a few shots and he put it there and there is a bank behind the bail and on the 200m gong they were older scrap bails and about 4 deep .
I have previously used a variable mag Swarovski on the .204 but it was only ever zoomed in for some zeroing or on occasion longish small critter bashing . I found 99% of my live shooting was on 8ish mag .
I personally like the robustness of the S&B 8 x 56 great light gathering and field of view with the nice solid centre ret and no parallax.
For foxing with the .204 most of my shots are sub 200m with the occasional stretching to the 250-300m and this ret is ample for foxing at those ranges .
For deer it's great as most of my shots are sub 250m its easy to see the solid centre ret .
The Fox size gong is more like a small vixen size.
Fox size gong @ 200m
300m
For me the fixed 8 x 56 fulfils all my needs .
Gong after a 300m practice at 200 & 300m the reason ( honestly) for some spread out grouping is I choose clean areas of the gong to see the bullet hits.
As I run and use the same scopes for all my CF shooting , for me the fix mag scopes completely do all I need .
I just realised before all the keyboard warriors start bipping over putting the gong against the role bale and not safe , farmer won't be happy etc etc etc . The farmer was with me having a few shots and he put it there and there is a bank behind the bail and on the 200m gong they were older scrap bails and about 4 deep .
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Shot my first deer with a Churchill .270 Mauser and a side mounted Pecar 4x81 'scope. Still rather miss that rifle. But it isn't that fixed power is a handicap but that lens quality has moved on in the quarter century plus so most any 'scope today will be better.
kenbro
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Might be how the picture is taken, but, that reticle doesn’t look to be lined up right to the rifle.
Ken.
A few years ago I tried to get a bullet through a big single round straw bale .17,222,243,22.250 and a 308 down to 10 metres and it stopped everything
Surely a case of the camera not being aligned to the lens?
griffshrek
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Ken you might be right , I think it is straight( ish )
griffshrek
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it was taken with my phone....so I was just happy getting the pic
Erik Hamburger
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Sightron S11 6x42 Duplex ret on a sub 12ft/lb PCP Air rifle
Sightron S11 6x42 Duplex ret on a .243W fox/deer rifle
Meopta Artemis 7x50 2100 RD with C4 ret on a .17HMR Vermin rifle
And they all seem to do the job just fine!
Sightron S11 6x42 Duplex ret on a .243W fox/deer rifle
Meopta Artemis 7x50 2100 RD with C4 ret on a .17HMR Vermin rifle
And they all seem to do the job just fine!
Didn't mean to sound critical, I was just pointing out that the scope is probably ok and the camera making it look worse.
The opposite of online dating photos, I guess...
I've just switched to an 8x56 bought off of here on my 6.5 x 55 stalking rifle, first fixed power scope having generally used a 4-16 to date, only 1 deer with it so far (my first red, easy 70 yard shot off sticks) but the low light capability is very good and all shots to date under 200 so i think we'll get on well.
6.5CM which is mainly for target will keep the sightron 6-24 for now, works well in low light apart from the fact the ret is too fine to see!!
6.5CM which is mainly for target will keep the sightron 6-24 for now, works well in low light apart from the fact the ret is too fine to see!!
Siggy
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I have a 6x42 on my go to rifle (6.5x55) and a 8x56 on my .270...but I'm wondering whether to swap them around. I do a lot of wood land stalking and I have to deal with muntjac in the brambles at 10 metres and fallow down the ride at 200 meters...so I like the 6 for the former and the 8 for the latter...decisions decisions!
(they're both S&Bs)
I use S&B 7x50 on my .270 Tikka for stalking. Never felt a need for variable. I have 3-12x56 on my. 22 Cz I use for rabbits, but it is set at 7. I can see advantages of variable scope if you do driven hunting. You can take that power right down and get wider field of view, hence acquire moving target easier. Then you can use the same setup during stalking on higher power. Since there is no driven hunting in the UK, fixed scope is just perfect for what I do.
hybridfiat
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Browning LA22 with a Zeiss ZF6 6x No 1 reticle, perfect for quick shots at night. It has the original Zeiss quick detach mounts that have allowed me to teach the kids how to use iron sights.
Single shot 35 Whelen again with a ZF6 6x Zeiss; but with the bigger objective. Ideal for close (25-100m) snap shots and resting shots to about 190m on pigs, roos and deer.
Savage 99 in 243 Win, Zeiss ZF6 (So I like ZF6s so what?). This is going to be remounted soon as my son wants a crosshair reticle and seeing as he bought it off me I guess it's fair.
I'll use the money to buy a nice 8x56 Zeiss or Schmidt & Bender.
My long range rifle however has a Zeiss 6.5-20x50 with the Rapid Z600 reticle.
Single shot 35 Whelen again with a ZF6 6x Zeiss; but with the bigger objective. Ideal for close (25-100m) snap shots and resting shots to about 190m on pigs, roos and deer.
Savage 99 in 243 Win, Zeiss ZF6 (So I like ZF6s so what?). This is going to be remounted soon as my son wants a crosshair reticle and seeing as he bought it off me I guess it's fair.
I'll use the money to buy a nice 8x56 Zeiss or Schmidt & Bender.
My long range rifle however has a Zeiss 6.5-20x50 with the Rapid Z600 reticle.
scrumbag
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Sounds a lovely set up. 16b barrels? .22lr insert?
Deermanagement
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Stalking the other evening with a colleague using a Swaro DS 5-25x52 which ran out of light with a couple of sika out in a field. 15 minutes later I shot one of the prickets and could have taken a second a few minutes later with my non-illuminated Swaro 8x50.
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