You guys crack me up. Guy asks which scope to buy, and you are telling how you shoot from the hip at 500 yards.
Of course it is great to go iron sights and round ball etc., but some of us do hunt for the meat and want to get there quickly and use flat shooting scoped bolt action rifles. Some just cannot spend a lot of time in the field and still want to get an animal. An antelope hunt for me is a meat hunt. I show up, get my two does and leave the next day. There are more antelope in WY than people, so it is a real management activity. There is other hunting where I take my time (birds) and go all out "classic".
I do like the fact that we all appear agree that less is more in terms of magnification for the OP's new scope.
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