In my opinion too much emphasis is placed on gear when outfitting DGR and not enough emphasis on technique. Over the last sixty years I have shot quite a lot of running game with 3x scope (or variable scope set at 3x) and killed them dead. And some very close. Shot this gemsbuck incoming full tilt in the heart as she broke out of an acacia thicket <30 yards. And then again as she ran by at 12 yards, also through the heart. I called both shots and that's where they hit when we rolled her over for a look.
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Also called the shot on my 2022 buffalo on the run.
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This buck dropped in his tracks on the run. One shot exactly where expected. The 3-9x Nikon on my Springfield may have been set at 5x for that one.
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And this coyote on the fly at 50 yards the following year.
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The difference is not the scope but my instincts developed from shooting thousands of rounds skeet and clays every year. And a lot of birds.