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Rifle Scopes reasonable range of short dot

Re: reasonable range of short dot

really for everything from up close to say about the 500 mark. coyotes. sounds like the short dot would work great, just wondered how well the 4 power did at 500 or so, targets can get pretty small at that range.
 
Re: reasonable range of short dot

Yeah even though there wasn't a lot of magnification it was still manageable to get hits on target at that range. Now granted the targets were steel plates ranging from 12" squares to 15"X25" IPSC's so it's not like the targets were small to begin with.
 
Re: reasonable range of short dot

Got one with a CQB reticle recently. I have sent about 150 rounds out at 600 and 625 on a 16" 5.56 gun. Works as advertised and is a little easier to fractionalize than an ACOG.


Good luck
 
Re: reasonable range of short dot

I have smacked coyotes as far as 500-550 yards with mine, but the coyote is getting pretty small and the crosshairs (QCB Reticle) get pretty thick.

As long as you have a decent rest, 500 on a critter is pretty reasonable. And beyond that, my little 55 gn ballistic tips run out of steam pretty fast.
 
Re: reasonable range of short dot

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: One-Eyed Jack</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The NF 2.5-10x24 or 32 would work best. Badger makes a nice 45-degree ring cap mount for a red dot, I think. </div></div>
well how about the 2.5-10x32? i had thought about those as well, does the entire crosshair illuminate or just the center? do they come in mil adjustments? how dod they do up close? thanks