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Old 12-10-2013, 12:44 AM
sbranden sbranden is offline
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I have a 5.5-16x44mm Nikon Monarch AO scope on my CZ 527 22 hornet and love that thing! I wear a Nikon Buckmaster SF 4-14x40mm on my CZ 453 17hmr, and it is "OK". (14x is still a little tough for targeting with just 17cal holes at 100 yards, the 16 is better.) So other than a 30-06 I just put a 3-10x50mm Sightron SIII Big Sky scope on, I'll probably never go less than 16x again, for anything. Now I do set this scope down to its lowest possible magnification setting when night hunting for predators, but this older Monarch is great glass!

For pure targeting you may need more (and a thinner reticle too). But for my combination of solid 200yd performance on small targets and ability to do low light and even pitch dark night time hunting, the 16x Monarch is as much as I could ever want on a hornet. In summer when stretching the distance on ground-hogs, the extra magnification (without just increasing mirage) is nice.
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