Swfa thoughts and magnification

[boyguan]

[Kwikvette]

SWFA 10x has some great glass and has worked well for me out to 800 yards.

It just depends on what you feel comfortable with; too much magnification and that crosshair jumps like crazy.

Nice thing is, with a scope that's fixed, money's spent on better glass.

[boyguan]

SWFA 10x has some great glass and has worked well for me out to 800 yards.

It just depends on what you feel comfortable with; too much magnification and that crosshair jumps like crazy.

Nice thing is, with a scope that's fixed, money's spent on better glass.

[Kwikvette]

That’s one reason I am going fixed. I have a variable and I’m always at max even at 100. Why even bother with the lower power.

Currently I’m only bench shooting so it’s paper punching and I’m going for tight groups. I believe once we go further it was be ringing steel which is more about hitting a target vs where exactly it’s hitting

I know the 10 was suppose to be a benchmark scope for swfa. What about the 12? Is the quality worse or should I expect the swme

I have no experience with the 12 so I can't comment.

Where, and how often, will you shoot in excess of 100 yards?

I like having variable magnification. Even though I need as much as I can get, I don't always have it at max. But when I need more, it's always good to have it at my finger tips.

[boyguan]

I have no experience with the 12 so I can't comment.

Where, and how often, will you shoot in excess of 100 yards?

I like having variable magnification. Even though I need as much as I can get, I don't always have it at max. But when I need more, it's always good to have it at my finger tips.

[Kwikvette]

I’m almost always at 100 but 2 hours away we have a nice 1000 yard range and matches i would like to get into.

I shoot maybe once a month if I can. Unless I am doing some type of development I don’t bring this rifle to the range

Nice; Sacramento?

I'm about 3-4hrs away and they're closed on my only days off

If I were you I would opt for a higher budget, and a better piece of glass. Have to remember that, a good scope is one you can use on multiple rifles.

You'll see a lot of recommendations here and there so based off my personal experience I'd opt for;

Vortex PST under 600

Burris XTR II under 800 (my favorite budget scope)

Bushnell Elite Tactical under 1,000

Vortex Razor I (if found under 1,000 used)

And above that, I'd just dive right into a Nightforce ATACR.

[Dark Hunt]

A fixed 10X is probably the worst choice for long range shooting. When you're shooting to 1,000 yards you want to use as much magnification that you can. Anyone shooting seriously will be running more than 20X and many times 40X. If the mirage is so bad that you can't run the higher magnification then you turn it down to just low enough to see the target.

The 6-20X or 5.5-22X are probably the minimum, a quality 6-24X would work well and the 8-32X would be better. You want to aim for the one inch tall white X in the center of the target.

[FMJBT]

I've always found 10X to be what would best be described as "adequate" for 1000 yard shooting. Not the best option, but definitely capable for that range. My ideal 1000 yard scope would be somewhere around 15X on the top end, so you can see a bit more detail than 10X but still have a wide enough field of view that you can spot your own hits/misses under recoil. I'd second Kwikvette's suggestions for scopes, particularly the Burris XTR II series.

[boyguan]

A fixed 10X is probably the worst choice for long range shooting. When you're shooting to 1,000 yards you want to use as much magnification that you can. Anyone shooting seriously will be running more than 20X and many times 40X. If the mirage is so bad that you can't run the higher magnification then you turn it down to just low enough to see the target.

The 6-20X or 5.5-22X are probably the minimum, a quality 6-24X would work well and the 8-32X would be better. You want to aim for the one inch tall white X in the center of the target.

[Nor*Cal]

I own one of the fixed 10x SWFA's and it's a great scope for the money but I do think you'll want something with a little more magnification for 1000 yards.

[HK Dave]

10x is a little low for me. Keep in mind it isn’t just magnification though. High end scope at 10x will out resolve a lesser scope at 40x.

In the end it comes down to how big a target you’re aiming at, and whether you’re spotting your own shots.

[Guns and guitars]

Im kinda a scope elitist.
But with that said Ive found the swfa ss 10x scopes are pretty darn good for the cost. No US optics or Swarovski but they work most importantly are repeatable..

[boyguan]

Im kinda a scope elitist.
But with that said Ive found the swfa ss 10x scopes are pretty darn good for the cost. No US optics or Swarovski but they work most importantly are repeatable..

[Kwikvette]

OP, where do you regularly shoot?

Someone may be near you and let you check out some scopes before dropping more than you're comfortable with.

[boyguan]

OP, where do you regularly shoot?

Someone may be near you and let you check out some scopes before dropping more than you're comfortable with.