let's be fair, if only for a moment ...
The scope system is really not ever going to change the "effective range" of the rifle/cartridge ... it's merely going to allow one to be more accurate at extended ranges by removing "guestimation" and/or "holdovers" and replacing them with accurate reticle adjustments ...
I guess, if you want to play the semantics game, you CAN argue that the scope can "increase the effective range of the rifle system", but I'd rather not muddy the waters by saying that ... I'd rather point out the simple aspect of turrets on a precise, repeatable scope being a better system than using Kentucky Windage ...
