on offer within Gallery Rifle and the fact that there are very few (if any?) individual scopes that have a magnification range diverse enough to provide every one of us with the optimum sight-picture at every distance in every type of competition that we can shoot.
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Putting red dots and iron sights aside for now, you would probably need a scope with a magnification range of between 1 - 25x to satisfy the demands of every GR shooter but unfortunately the majority of affordable scopes (for most people) tend to be in the region of 1-5x, 3-9x, 3-12x, 4-12x, 4-16x, 5-20 x, 6.5- 20, 6-24x or even 8-32x power.
Most of the new shooters coming into Gallery Rifle competitions are usually steered by their clubs towards some of the lower round- count events like the 25m Precision, the Multi Target or Timed & Precision 1 matches to start with. Whilst the Precision match allows you plenty of time to complete each stage, the latter two will require you to pick up
the targets pretty quickly and fire off one or two rounds within 2 to 3 seconds at the closer distances.
For these matches most newcomers will usually experience greater success by using a scope with a minimum magnification range of between 3 – 5x as this will make it easier for them to see which area of the target they are actually pointing at when initially bringing the rifle up into the aim. Trying to shoot quickly and accurately at 10m using a scope that has a limited lower range of between 6 & 8x will usually prove very difficult for most (especially in some of the faster shooting matches) as the target size is obviously magnified a fair amount, which will fill the scope up completely and this can often lead to confusion and rushed shots unless the sights are brought directly up onto the centre of the target.
Faster and probably more importantly, consistent presentation of the crosshairs onto the central scoring zone can be achieved through body alignment, muscle memory and target/sight presentation practices using a lower power setting to start
Adjustable objectives are simple to use. 21
with. This will obviously require a fair bit of time and effort on your behalf in order to get it right but once this skill has been mastered, it will definitely help you to improve
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