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He didn't say he was shooting at a 1/2 moa round bull to shoot a 1/2 moa group.

Exactly, then how can you have a .5moa rifle if you can't hold .5 moa.
Like everything thing else here it turns into an argument, like Jordan said its not ideal im gonna go out there with every advantage I can I owe the animal that.
Don't take this post wrong Jordan 90% can't shoot .5 moa groups at 1,000 with a 10x scope you know and so do I.
O consider myself pretty fair shot and I doudt i could especially the older you get the higher power helps.

You don't have to aim at a half moa spot to shoot a half moa group.

You also can't shoot small if you can't aim small, post those .5 moa groups up at 1,000 mathman with your 10x scope

Putting words again.

I think Mr, Sherm might learn a bit about 10X scopes if he would just take a quick trip from Havre to Glascow and ask Pat Sinclair ( Secnarshooter ) for a demo with a S&B 10X PM II. I'm betting Jordan might be able to provide the same learning experience.

This is an old discussion here in the LR forum

Sherm is right and that’s exactly what I do

If I’m shooting a target or an animal at LR, I want the highest power my scope provides.

Most of the time, I’m at max power and I don’t have problems finding the target in the scope because I know how to point a rifle with my naked eye first

Every big game animal I’ve shot at long range has been the scope’s max power. And that means 20 to 25X

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My hunting rifles’ reticle is .18MOA thick, I can quarter a 5” target @ 1K. I didn’t actually measure it, but this is 3 shots @ 500yds with a 7.25# all-up rifle. Kimber Montana 1:8 Lilja @ 22” w/2.5-10x42 NXS w/IHR reticle. 270Win w/140 Badlands @ 3075.

Gotta be pretty darned close to 1/2MOA.

Never stated that X's aren't good but said a lot can be done with a good quality 10X

I have a Mark 5 HD 7-35X on a 7mm Mashburn

It’s a 10X scope when I want it to be

I'm happy for you.

Thank you. I want you to be happy

I killed an elk with one shot at 892 yards with a 19 oz scope set on 9x.

I killed a coyote at 942 yards with one shot with a 14 oz scope set on 9x.

Inside every Leupold Mk5 7-35x is a 33 oz 10x scope. Not something that I’m interested in backpacking 10 miles into the mountains and then up and down mountains every day chasing rams. A 18 or 20 oz 3-9x or 10x is a different animal, and just as capable of killing rams at 600+. Scope choice is a balance of trade-offs that will depend on individual uses, applications, and preferences. Plenty of good and capable options to suit.

That's a nice looking rig!

Inside every Leupold Mk5 7-35x is a 33 oz 10x scope! Touche!

Someone help me out here.

There's a lot of talk about the difficulty of resolving a 1/2 moa target at 1000 yds with a quality 10X scope. Is it really that difficult?

I have not shot at 1000. Nor have I much experience with quality optics. A VX 3i 3.5-10 along with a Super Chicken 10X are my finest scopes. I have several VX 2s in 3-9x40.

None of them have failed to resolve a 1 inch target dot at 300 yds for me. Heck, when it was my only rifle, I zeroed on the same 1 inch dot with a 30-06 and a Weaver V-7 at 300 yds.

Of course atmospherics will have a distinct affect at extended distance.

257bob,

In your original post it appears you are at CMP Talladega, not many places have Kongsberg targets.

If so did you shoot on the 600 yard range? How clear was the X on the targets?

I am shooting a 4.5 power scopes in competition out to 600 yards. One is a March and one is a Leupold HD with .75 and .5 minute dots respectively for the reticle.

At 600 yards I can clearly see a 2 1/2” diameter value marker and the X in the center of the target. I would think it would be a chip shot with a 10 power scope.

Good afternoon, I was shooting at a new public (county owned) range, really state of the art, in Thomasville GA but limited to 100 yards, at least for now. The K'berg targets are great, no walking back and forth or need for a spotting scope. This scope, Leupold Mark 4HD is make for dialing but have not shot it beyond 100 or dialed beyond original sight-in so it's "unproved" at this point but I do like it quite a bit.

What type of aim points do the Kongsberg targets allow besides a round bullseye?