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NDD - A quality scope "shouldn't" have a POI shift at different magnifications. The first formal "sniper" schooling I got was at Mott Lake the second time my team went to SOT. We were using the M21 w/ART II and nobody knew from one shot to the next what was going to happen. I went through three scopes in that class. I still remember Ben Butler teaching us to (making us) check our zeros at each power setting though. I still do that with new scopes (Ben was an impressive teacher - more than just an instructor) but I haven't noticed a significant shift in years. I'm still willing to spend money on the best scope I can afford. In the field I like low magnification to find the target (going from bino's or spotting scope to the gun it takes me longer to reacquire the target if the scope is at high magnification). For a stationary target I'll dial it up, if it's moving I might not. Depends. Personally I would rather be limited by the ballistics of the cartridge than the quality of the glass. Isn't it amazing how maturity (old age) brings its compensations. Stalking is a good point. I see a lot more when I'm in the woods now than I ever did as a kid just because I'm moving slower. I'm looking forward to next deer season, I've been spending way too much time on ranges and not enough in the woods. Peregrino
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