SWFA Black Friday

[texag10]

Those of you hunting with the 3-9, how far of shot are you taking? I dont usually use less than 15x for longer range work.

I've shot animals just under 500 with the 3-9, and I don't even know if I had it on 9x.

Target shot rocks to 900, had animals in scope at 800 and doesn't feel like the mag level would've been a hindrance.

I have the exact opposite opinion of the 3-9. At 3x the reticle is still very visible. My rifle lives on 3x and I’ve shot deer in thick timber past 100 yards at 3x. Absolutely no issues. The buck I shot last year was around 250 and I would’ve taken the shot at 3x without hesitation. I think I was at 5-6x since I had time to crank it up.

I’ve taken it to 1000 yards on steel and found it more than acceptable, but I am not one to shoot that far on game, especially not on a 6.5 Grendel.

That being said, I know a lot of guys like a lot of magnification for shooting deer at close range. I just can’t understand why.

My shots last year were 80yds on a cow elk and 40yds on a mule deer buck, both in trees, both at 3x. I feel the scope works very well in those situations. I was shooting rocks at 300 yesterday at 3x on 2 different rifles and didn't feel the need to increase mag.

 

[HighUintas]

Kinda of thinking of dumping my rs2.1 for another 3-9x ss. I do like the ability to zoom into 15x to get a better look at the elk, but I am really tired of the top heavy feeling of my rifle from that extra weight.

I can't think of any other reason for using the rs1.2.

 

[Ajsomp]

Kinda of thinking of dumping my rs2.1 for another 3-9x ss. I do like the ability to zoom into 15x to get a better look at the elk, but I am really tired of the top heavy feeling of my rifle from that extra weight.

I can't think of any other reason for using the rs1.2.

Proper zero stop, capped windage, parallax adjustment and lower profile turrets are selling points

That being said - not everyone really needs those.

I definitely felt like my gun was more top heavy with the maven vs the Swfa. It just didn’t carry the same in the hand. Maybe that’s all in my head.

 

[43.6N]

I’m at a point where unless a really good deal on a used 3-9 or gen2 6x pops up, I’ll probably hold off on any more scopes until the s2h rokscope thlr come to market.