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[–] The_Hideous_Orgalorg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I have a strike eagle 1-6x24, it's nice to about 100-200m. I would be curious to see it go to 10, but mine only cost about 180, so that extra magnification is unlikely to be worth almost 4x the cost to me.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Realistically most people don't shoot beyond 200m and even fewer are doing it on a gun that has a 1x purpose. A 3-9x scope for dedicated long(er) range gun, and then 1-4x type optics for other guns makes sense.

But some people are outliers or just want the options I suppose.

Indeed. A friend is adamant I put irons back on alongside the 1-6. Frankly, even at 6x I can still shoot at 25m. Anything under that and I can hit from the hip, so I don't see the point. I would like to play around on the 600m range, but that's going to be a different setup, rather than expecting everything from one kit.