At 78 yo, I've gone to Leupold turret dials on 5 of my hunting rifles from .223 to .375 RUM. I practice almost every week at the gongs at our range at 200 to 430 yds. I have marks on the top of the range turret on each scope, and it's almost too easy to lay down, set the turret to the range, shoot and hit the gong.
That's kind of what I'm curious about, likely I'm overthinking it but they can really blend in with the contour and grasses as well at distance so figured I'd throw it out there and see what others' experiences were. 9 is certainly plenty for paper and plates and larger animals. Seems like the consensus is it's fine here as well. I'm debating a new scope purchase and the 9 power is half a pound lighter than the 10 or 12 of the same scope so that's attractive to me.
Over the years I’ve met people with a wide variation in vision as we age - it’s funny how when we were young the assumption was we all see things the same, but age really changes that.
I've killed them from 50ish yards to 587. We always hunt late season to avoid the crowds, but by that time those lopes know where they can't be reached so there's been a few that just had to be longer shots. If there's a hump or any kind of contour around I'll definitely take advantage of it, it's amazing what just a little crease in terrain can provide for concealment if you can just get to it.
I can't do the fine crosshair, my eye sees 3 vertical lines overlapping a large shadow instead of 1. The horizontal line is fine but faded a little as well. I've injured my right eye twice, stabbed it directly with brush building a duck blind in the moonlight and slashed it with wooden stick from a pack of bottle rockets sticking out of a bag. A good thick duplex seems to be the best way to go, but I'm gonna try one of the Trijicon dots on an Accupoint and see how that looks.
