Originally Posted By NRAgunnut1993:
Today I took my dad's Winchester model 70 pre-64 .30 06 with a Weaver K4 60-B scope on it to the range and got it sighted in 2 inches high at 100 yards.
My question is do you think the 4 power scope would be good at 200 yards?
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The old rule of thumb was that you need 1× per 100 yards.
So 4× is good for 400 yards.
The other side of the question is: if the glass is not giving a crisp high contrast focus, it does not mater what the magnification is.
So a 4× scope with excellent optics is good for 400 yards; a $29 scope with crap optics is no better than a paper weight.
Shooters for the old age when 1× per 100 yards was the mantra were not in general shooting groups, they were shooting animals for meat.
Benchrest shooters put as much scope on the rifle (25× for 100-400 yards) with 1/8 MoA dials.
So it all depends.
Lower powers allow you to read the wind easier, and see if interference is going to opaque the target prior to pulling the trigger.
Higher powers magnify any and all body movements disturbing the gun and sometimes the shooters concentration.