10x SWFA for hunting?

[Mike Islander]

You mean that gross generalization that I turned into hyperbole to make a joke wasn't accurate enough? But I put it in quotes so everyone knew it was verbatim.......

Not just hyperbole; the epitome of hyperbole.

 

[xsn10s]

It could could something as simple as this. Everyone's eyes are different as is their skill level.

 

[AlpineAssassin907]

10x can bite you if you have to take a surprise close shot through brush or take a shot on a running critter. A lot of lessons learned with the 10x. The 6x gives up nothing at distance. 10x for fun, 6x for utility killing. All my hunting rigs wear a 6x

 

[Timberline001]

To provide some visual context to this thread, these are very large pack goats- as large as large deer. 40 yards away.

4x
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Hardly- “4x at 40 yards the deer fills up most of the field of view”


The 10x SWFA that is the subject of this thread-
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You can fit about two of them in the FOV-
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10x is not optimum for 40 yard shots on moving large game, however it is far from not usable for it. 10x at 100 yards is the same as 4x at 40 yards- easy.

That’s an awesome visual. Thank you! Those pack goats ain’t small

 

[Timberline001]

Math in public much? Relook at the pics and tell me how half the FOV at 8.6’ (per you), is 2’7” long.

From front of chest to back of ham, 42”, and weighs over 200 pounds (230lb at last weight). The other goat is about an inch shorter.

Range-

Now are you going to say that you shoot 350lb deer that are 6 feet long?

Holy shiz this thread got amazing Measuring tape on a goat

 

[Shortschaf]

I only read the first page of this thread. Something tells me that after 5 pages its been watered down. But per the OP's question:

I ran the 10x swfa as an affordable, reliable dialer in open ND country for a few years. It killed half a dozen deer between 100 and 400 yards. Glassed over dozens more.
Never seemed like too much magnification
Shot lots of targets with that scope
Shot a couple comps with that scope
Shot a mile with that scope (among the premium scopes there, it was the only scope that could have dialed the elevation I needed in a creedmoor)

I now run a mk5HD. But if I could only spend a couple hundred bucks id run that 10x again no problem. In my area the average shot is 200+ yards, so Id actually prefer the 10x to the 6x.

if you can find one for $500 the 3-15 swfa is probably the way Id go though