Got curious about magnification you use

[jtw]

3-9X40 for .30-06
Up until a few years ago I ran iron sights.

[sirmissalot]

My favorite scope is my 3-18 Z6. Hunting on the west side I like to have a lower magnification, but being able to zoom in to 18 comes in really handy at times. Absolutely love this scope, I have a pretty wide range of zoom on other rifles but this is by far my favorite and most versatile

[Jingles]

30-06 3 x 9 x 40
243 3 x 9 x 40
22-250 currently 3 x 9 x 40 but looking to change to  6 x 18 X 40

[Toptwo]

7mm rem mag: 2 x 7
30-06    3 x 9
30-06    4.5 x 14 x 40

  I am getting a bit older and having a harder time seeing in the low light situations, so my new 4.5 x 14 x 40 ROCKS, I love it.

[runningboard]

2x-7x
3x-9x(several)
4x-12x
2x-12x
4x (several)
all rimfires that are scoped have 4x
pistol has 2x
soon to have 3x-18x on varmint rig

[raydog]

300wsm 3-9. I always have it on 3 on the wetside

[HawkCreek]

3-9 or 2-7 is plenty for me over here on the dry side. Biggest scope I even own is a 3.5-10 Leupold on the .338RUM I never shoot.

[AWS]

Coyote hunting(calling) and big game 1-4x20(12ga/5.6x50R Mag, 25-204, 35 Rem, 35 Whelen, 16x16/6.5x58R Sauer).

Coyote calling in more open country 1.5-6x40(22-204, 6mm-204, 6x45), 2.5-10x40(22-250).

Target/comp. 6.5-20x40, 12 12x and 15x fixed.

22 LR Target 8-32x44

[Ridgerunner50]

Have a varix III on my 280 rem.  set at 6x. Magnification goes up to 12x but never turn it up.

[timberfaller]

All my scopes are fixed power,  One 8x the rest 6x.

If not good enough for taking a shot,  I get closer.

[birddogdad]

close in brush out to 200ish - open sights up to 7 power scopes..

mid ranges out to 400 - 9 to 15 power scopes

beyond 20+ power scopes

higher power scopes makes moving targets hard to acquire

[yorketransport]

I'm all about matching the magnification to the caliber/gun combo. Here are some of the hunting guns:

Handguns:
7 TCU- 2-6x (usually set on 3x)
30 Herrett- 2.5-8 (set on 4x)
338/375 Ruger- 3.5-10x

RIfles
358 Win- 1.5-6x
375 Ruger- 2.5-8x
30-06- 3-9x
458 Arnold- 3.5-10x

Target guns get as much magnification as I can use under normal conditions. That usually works out to a top end between 20 and 25x on rifles and about 12x on the handguns. The even 10x is enough for shooting MOA sized targets at any range when you're just out having fun. I shoot the 284 pistol out just past 1300 yards on 12x and do pretty well.