Released at IWA 2018 last weekend, is the new 400 MOA elevation / 150 MOA windage (yes, you heard that right!); but it'll cost you

https://www.marchscopes.co.uk/genesis-6x-60x56.html

Is there some course-of-fire that would warrant a 6-60 zoom. Would you use the same rifle for multiple different matches.

That zoom range could be useful in F-class or benchrest. But it's main USP is it's huge MOA elevation ie it's for extreme long range shooting

What would Lurch say?

This is really, altogether too silly. I glean that the default position for the reticle is nowhere near the middle of adjustments, to allow for 300 MoA of elevation.

Full use of it might be analogous with military use of open-sight ladder ramps or ancient archers raining arrows down on a distant phalanx - but
I wonder what old John Unertl would think about the optical integrity of such scopes.

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Originally posted by sambarman338:
What would Lurch say?

This is really, altogether too silly. I glean that the default position for the reticle is nowhere near the middle of adjustments, to allow for 300 MoA of elevation.

Full use of it might be analogous with military use of open-sight ladder ramps or ancient archers raining arrows down on a distant phalanx - but
I wonder what old John Unertl would think about the optical integrity of such scopes.

2 mile competitive shoots are becoming popular the MOA range plus the 10 times zoom would allow the shooter to spots is own shots.

I suppose a .50 calibre hole magnified 60 times would be the size of a 30" bull unmagnified, which might just be visible to the naked eye at two miles if mirage doesn't wash it out. However, targets are made to be seen, bullet holes not so much.

At closer distances, even dust from shots with high magnifications often can't be spotted because the rifle is still raised in recoil. By the time a bullet gets to two miles, however, I guess the shooter's eye could be back on target.

A dude holding up a lollypop or inserting spotting discs might be more reliable, but at that distance any shots falling short could angle into the trench.