| The most experienced and serious big game hunters | | | | simple cross hairs in the viewfinder, and many of them |
| want or already have the best and most expensive | | | | have a fixed magnification. There are a couple of |
| rifle scopes available on the market, but there are also | | | | affordable models that offer a variable magnification, |
| a lot of people which are satisfied to put venison on | | | | like 3 x 9, which means that the object viewed can be |
| the table once a year, and the vast majority of them | | | | dialed up from low magnification to the power of nine. |
| are quite happy with the less expensive and complex | | | | For a large number of hunters, these features are |
| scope. | | | | enough and they consider that additional features are |
| Choosing a suitable rifle scope must be done in | | | | a waste of money. |
| concordance with the type of hunting. For example, | | | | The models that are significantly more expensive |
| stalking a deer in thick and brushy areas like the ones | | | | resemble to expensive fast sports cars: you will end |
| in the Blue Ridge Mountains, does not require a scope | | | | up purchasing a lot of bells and whistles. These |
| at all other than open iron sights because in this case, | | | | complex models have a viewfinder for which you |
| distance is not an important and relevant factor. On | | | | have to read the instructions in order to fully |
| the contrary, trying to take down a pronghorn antelope | | | | understand how it is used. In comparison with the |
| on the plains of northern Arizona imposes a much | | | | simple cross hairs that you will find in the affordable |
| more complex and most likely, more expensive model. | | | | scope, the expensive model will have several other |
| An affordable (we avoid saying cheap) scope starts | | | | lines and symbols imprinted in the glass. These lines |
| at a price of approximately 30$. The vast majorities of | | | | have a purpose of measuring the animal |
| these models are advertised for beginners and offers | | | | |