Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting How far can 6x take you?

Dude, as rule ,here on 24hr, I have been less than impressed by the "lumberjack" pictures some have posted, but I must say you are a striking example of a Man's Man.

I know, hear that all the time.

BOOM!

The ol' 6X is gonna get a workout up here this year:





Clark

6X as in tippet?

Wow...that poor mini'flave looks just like pops.....of all the luck!

There's a classic! Bird is the Word.

LOL .....

You could have at least used your other arm too so as to not completely emasculate us!

Have you priced a 6x42 leupold lately? Clear and perfect. Zeiss 3x9 is the only one Iliked better. $400 is a lot for a working mans scope. When my sons , my Dad and Myself went to Colorado every year we all shot 264 Win Mags topped with 3x9 Leupolds. cpc reticles. Never a scope problem.

If you have a broken Leupold to send in for repair they will upgrade you at a nominal fee. I had an M8 with broken reticle and the classic blue fade out.

They "swapped" me a FX II HBR 6X for 80 bucks. It would be a great long range scope for anything but small varmints or twilight shooting.

Great company, I could fill a page on all the wonderful customer service I have received from them. Who else would take apart a Leupold Alaskan 2.5 (not something you can do at home) and fit into G&H solid 7/8 rings on my RF Sedgley 400 Whelen, regas it and send it back for one way Priority Mail cost ?

tag

Ah hindsight, looking back on an uberthread.

It is quite difficult to spot previously wounded or sick animals through a 6X past 230 yards. On a recent culling session I had to point out a few animals with my 14X Sightron that a 9X and 6X could not identify quick enough. I am not saying a 6X cannot shoot way out there, but the magnification is simply not good enough to see certain detail that might be crucial.

If you would use binos and then switch to your 6X scope the animal is already traveling past the next town.

This is based on a sample size of probably 15000 animals.

Ignoring the above mentioned, I am sure 6X is good for a long way out.

Pieter