GunXpatriot
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So I'll make this quick...
I went to a small local shop/range recently. I had never really went into testing this gun much, or it's scope... It is a Marlin XL7 chambered in .30-06. A while back, I had bought for it, a Bushnell Banner Dusk & Dawn 3-9x40. I know there are multiple variants of that scope, but either way, here's what I noticed...
You guys may be familiar with those red diamond targets with one central diamond, and the smaller diamonds off to the corners? I had those at 2 distances... 50 yards, and 100 yards.
At 50 yards, for my second time shooting the gun, I'd say I did alright. My group was about 1 inch wide on all sides, which wasn't bad, considering it was my second time shooting it, and the first time, I had been flinching... Bad... I was on a rest, but in an awkward position. Still, I was happy with that 1 inch, with so little experience with the rifle.
I had also been using the scope to spot my shots with my SKS. I wasn't doing as well as I'd like with that one, but I'll get better, I'm sure.
Now for the 100 yard... I started running into difficulties... The diamond was small enough that precision adjustments were very difficult. I couldn't see the holes in the paper, but of course, I kept aiming dead center. After checking that group, which I think was about 4 shots (the other was 4-5 as well), I had about a 2"-2.5" group.... At 100 yards!!! I could hardly see the target...
I had been looking around different forums and found that people had issues with magnification on other scopes as well. Like, on 14x max scope, they had to zoom in to 12x to see what they could see on another 9x scope... Why is that? Would it have something to do with diameter of the... lens? Or, objective, or? Not sure of scope terminology. I was also having difficulties with getting a proper sight picture, as the eye relief was very... specific. I fear paralax may have been an issue here as well...
I don't know how to adjust the objective, or maybe... Ugh, maybe someone can help me out... It would just suck knowing I wasted $100 on a garbage scope that will only have a realistic max range of like 150 yards for hunting (my original purpose of the rifle, but not so sure now).
I do like the rifle. It has more recoil than I'd bargained for, when I got the thing, but wearing a sweatshirt or winter-type jacket certainly reduces, or at least cushions recoil, because with only a T-shirt, 10 shots and I'm done.
Anyway... I'm starting to think I just bought a crappy scope, but maybe I need to adjust the scope back slightly, as it seems like I have to move my head a little too far forward for the eye relief...
Sorry, I'm kind of all over the place, but I'm a complete optics noob... Also, on the other hand, does anyone have any experience with that BSA tactical... Scope... SKS and AR mount package thing? I heard that comes with the receiver cover mount, which apparently, a lot of people don't like. If I had that side-type mount, would I still be able to use the standard sights by looking underneath, or would that not be possible?
Like I said, just a little butt-hurt about the whole thing. I didn't get a whole lot of time to shoot, as it was late and getting dark, and I kind of half-assed it in general. Anyway, thanks for any help you guys can give me. Much appreciated.
I went to a small local shop/range recently. I had never really went into testing this gun much, or it's scope... It is a Marlin XL7 chambered in .30-06. A while back, I had bought for it, a Bushnell Banner Dusk & Dawn 3-9x40. I know there are multiple variants of that scope, but either way, here's what I noticed...
You guys may be familiar with those red diamond targets with one central diamond, and the smaller diamonds off to the corners? I had those at 2 distances... 50 yards, and 100 yards.
At 50 yards, for my second time shooting the gun, I'd say I did alright. My group was about 1 inch wide on all sides, which wasn't bad, considering it was my second time shooting it, and the first time, I had been flinching... Bad... I was on a rest, but in an awkward position. Still, I was happy with that 1 inch, with so little experience with the rifle.
I had also been using the scope to spot my shots with my SKS. I wasn't doing as well as I'd like with that one, but I'll get better, I'm sure.
Now for the 100 yard... I started running into difficulties... The diamond was small enough that precision adjustments were very difficult. I couldn't see the holes in the paper, but of course, I kept aiming dead center. After checking that group, which I think was about 4 shots (the other was 4-5 as well), I had about a 2"-2.5" group.... At 100 yards!!! I could hardly see the target...
I had been looking around different forums and found that people had issues with magnification on other scopes as well. Like, on 14x max scope, they had to zoom in to 12x to see what they could see on another 9x scope... Why is that? Would it have something to do with diameter of the... lens? Or, objective, or? Not sure of scope terminology. I was also having difficulties with getting a proper sight picture, as the eye relief was very... specific. I fear paralax may have been an issue here as well...
I don't know how to adjust the objective, or maybe... Ugh, maybe someone can help me out... It would just suck knowing I wasted $100 on a garbage scope that will only have a realistic max range of like 150 yards for hunting (my original purpose of the rifle, but not so sure now).
I do like the rifle. It has more recoil than I'd bargained for, when I got the thing, but wearing a sweatshirt or winter-type jacket certainly reduces, or at least cushions recoil, because with only a T-shirt, 10 shots and I'm done.
Anyway... I'm starting to think I just bought a crappy scope, but maybe I need to adjust the scope back slightly, as it seems like I have to move my head a little too far forward for the eye relief...
Sorry, I'm kind of all over the place, but I'm a complete optics noob... Also, on the other hand, does anyone have any experience with that BSA tactical... Scope... SKS and AR mount package thing? I heard that comes with the receiver cover mount, which apparently, a lot of people don't like. If I had that side-type mount, would I still be able to use the standard sights by looking underneath, or would that not be possible?
Like I said, just a little butt-hurt about the whole thing. I didn't get a whole lot of time to shoot, as it was late and getting dark, and I kind of half-assed it in general. Anyway, thanks for any help you guys can give me. Much appreciated.
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