Originally Posted by BWalker
I cant think of a single use for a fixed 4x scope. Evidently I am not alone.


Just looked at my hunting notes for the past several decades, and found that I've taken around 30% of my big game with 4x scopes. They included 24 species, ranging in size from pronghorns and springbok around 100+ pounds, to those weighing well over 1000, such as Alaskan moose and African eland. The ranges, uh, ranged from 10 to 450 yards, and the cartridges from the .243 Winchester to .375 H&H.

Now, admittedly, I've used 4x scopes a lot partly because when I started hunting that was the most common hunting magnification. But apparently they do work for more than a "single use."

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