What Magnification Are People Using For Rabbiting?

[Corinium Stew 6]

My scope is x3 to x9, I'm wondering if I should buy a new scope with higher magnification to get a better view of the rabbits kill zone.

What would you all recommend to go up to. Also would parallax adjustment be good to have as well, or is it an unnecessary extra to complicate things further.

Stew

[The one 8,397]

I only ever use the x3 mate

[PIL 7]

I use X10 for daylight use as my scope is true mil dot @ X10 , and X6 for night vision as I find it easier to judge distance at that magnification. I'm not saying that's what you should use as each to they're own but that's what works for me

[Miikee-L 72]

Im new to hunting and only just staring to find my way but i like to use x8 magnification

[silentshot1 206]

I use X 9 and to be honest I've never felt the need for more magnification whilst hunting, although if I were to get in to HFT then I may well see the benefit.

[bushing lad 114]

i use a scope with a fixed magnification and its x4

Edited July 1, 2013 by bushing lad

[secretagentmole 1,701]

I use what ever magnification gives me 5 metre steps on the SR reticles that are in my scopes, some it is x16, some x10.5!

[Lewis Ste 245]

X8 does me fine anything more and it's abit of over kill IMO

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

Also i use 10x for 'true mildots'

Or 6x at night on the lamp. Or if i get too close to a squirrel

I prefer to have AO

[Corinium Stew 6]

Great thanks for all the replies guys, think I'll stick with what I have for now then.

Cheers

Stew

[pianoman 3,584]

I've had and still have some high mag scopes ( up to 18X) but, I always shoot more accurately on 6X, 7X and 8X and these give an excellent sightpicture with a decent field of view throughout the changing light towards nightfall.. A decent quality 3-9x40 AO is all you need really for any air rifle.

 

Paralax adjustment or correction with your scope is very good and important to have.

 

Paralax error is the degree of incorrect angle with which your eye views the reticle down the tube to it. A correcting scope allows you a certain amount of error and corrects the degree of error. But really, you only have to train yourself easily to view your target from as straight down the tube-centre with your sightpicture correctly balanced in the scope on the reticle as you possibly can.

 

Best wishes.

Simon

[Elliott 436]

On my HW77K it's x6 and I don't see the need for any more. I only use x10 on my HMR and that's shooting at distances of up to 130 yards.

 

Have a practice and see what works best for you. I'd suggest shooting targets at various ranges on different mags all within your hunting capabilities (assuming you hunt) and see how your pellets group on paper. Some find the wobble of high magnification puts them off but others manage just fine

[woodcote1 88]

I have tried various but always go back to x6.

[Iced Tiger 1]

I also use X6, used to use X10 but found too much movement at that mag.

[chrisj1983 16]

Same here X6 and because each mil dot works to 10 yards. 28-zero 1 mil dot = 40. 2 mil dot = 50. 3 mil dot = 60