I am not much or a long range shooter, I practice to 500, mostly because it makes 2-300 yds seem easier.
My longest shot on an deer was ~420 with a FX3 6x42. 6 was plenty of X for that.
As a younger fellow I carried a M21 in the army for about 18 months. It has a the ART-2 scope where ranging and trajectory compensation was linked to power and it was basically 100yds per X and I can't ever remembering a time when I needed more magnification. It was all about ranging (before laser rangefinders) and the wind.
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