I was planning to put a 10X Bushnell 3200 Elite tactical on top of my 30-06 (I just got) for long range shooting 500 yds. plus. I have one (factory) on my barrett 50 and was making head shots easily at 800 yds.
Does this scope have paralax issues? I could see the torso target well at that range and was flat clocking it. Any advise before I commit to buying this scope? I really don't want/need a super high power scope, the simpler the better. Your thoughts?
Just getting into long range shooting (not for competition) and trying to get some optics on this gun but don't want to mortgage the farm for a scope. Just a bunch of us hillbillies out having fun......at long range.
All rifle scopes (except for 1x ones), due to the way they're designed, will exhibit some measure of parallax error under most conditions. All we can do is minimize it to an acceptable level for whatever type of shooting we're doing. If you're shooting off a bench/mechanical rest/bags and the stock on your particular rifle (and your ability) allows you to line your eyeball up with the C/L of your scope
exactly the same shot-to-shot, parallax will not be an issue at any range or magnification. That's not really practical though, and the reason for mechanical adjustments to help dial out parallax.
However, if you're just wanting to hit a man-size target at 500 yds with a 30-06, the 3200 you're looking at should be fine. Price is right and turrets are a big plus for easy adjustments when you're shooting out that far in changing conditions and/or using different loads.
One thing though - If you buy a 10x and then later try a 20x on a 500 yd target, you'll probably wish you'd gone with the higher mag. If you take a liking to long range HP rifle shooting, you're most likely gonna want to hit smaller and smaller targets, further and further out. Believe me, big ones at short range will become boring in short order.
