Quote Originally Posted by Mangyrat View Post
I have used a few nice scope's and they are clearer especially at the higher magnifications. Kind of like comparing a KIA to a Porsche.

Most if not all my shooting is now at 100 yards or less, if it was not for bifocals i would be using iron sights.
Wait till you need bifocals, i use higher scope rings now so i can see in the scope with glasses on.


"Wait till I need bifocals" What is this "Wait" you speak of??

I got bifocals about 10 years back. I've been wearing progressive lenses for about 4 or 5 years now. They're actually part of the problem with the whole wearing glasses while shooting thing. I have reasonable benefits at work and a 'health spending account' that I used to buy some prescription sun glasses last spring. They're a much larger lens than my regular glasses so I tried them out at the range. I still tend to look over the top of the lens. It's just how I aim I guess.

I'm more of a distance shooter. We have a lot of open country where I grew up and even where I'm living now. That's even though I'm in the 'northern boreal forest' region. My average shot while hunting is in excess of 200 yards and my longest to date is 495 yards (with the Swarovski which has a ballistic turret). That's one of the biggest reasons I site my rifles in to be "dead on" at 250 yards.

I did have one rifle with the raised scope rings but truth be told, I got rid of them within two years of buying that rifle. Again, they made me change how I aim and that's not a good thing for consistency. They're a great idea if you're hunting heavy bush....but with my knees (just had surgery on the left one for the second time on Jan 27/16) my days of hiking the bush while hunting are over. I mostly cruise fields where I know I'll find game and do a lot of sitting and waiting. What we call "posting".