Minimum scope magnification for 800-1000 yards?

[XDm .40]

Any suggestions for the most effective magnification for shooting a .308 at 800-1000 yards? And if not most effective, decent enough.

[hlcarbine]

+ 1

[G-forceJunkie]

What size targets? 10 to 15 will work fine for typical 1000 yard paper bullseye targets. Heck, people shoot 1000 yard palma with iron sites.

[XDm .40]

Not really looking for sub moa groups, just want to hit paper really. I'm just getting into long distances/Scopes and was wondering what you would need to be able to really see that far.

[toby]

10X

[FMJBT]

I like magnification between 10X to 15X for hitting steel at 1000 yards. Less than 10X and it becomes difficult to spot where missed shots are impacting.

[Hoop]

It all begins with how much you want to spend...

[XDm .40]

Haha fricken money... I dunno... average? Lol

[ElvenSoul]

1x, possibly 2X

[Hoop]

Haha fricken money... I dunno... average? Lol

I hear Schmidt & Bender are nice.

[bigkyle72]

i use the 3x-9x that i use for hunting and it works fine. obviously the more magnification the better and more accurate but if you already have a 3x-9x that maybe came with your rifle you could just use that.

[Monster]

You need SMKs and your set jk sorry couldn't resist.....if you want a dedicated long range scope why not go for a variable with a little more magnification like a Nikon Monarch 4-16 for around 5 bills

[Black Majik]

For steel 10x is plenty

I hear Schmidt & Bender are nice.

Here's a 1,055 yard steel plate out of a S&B PMII 5-25x with P4F reticle at +/- 10x. Located Top right corner at 2 mils up, 4 mils right. Plenty of magnification.

[wizdumb]

My Leupold 3.5-10x does just fine at 1000yards.

[XDm .40]

Very good picture... Thanks for the info guys, I will start looking around.