Which guns can take an 8X scope in BGMI?

Only snipers and DMRs. That means the Kar98K, M24, AWM, SKS, Mini14, Mk14 and SLR. You cannot put an 8X on an assault rifle, which is why the 6X is the long-range scope most players actually use.

Does the 8X scope have adjustable zoom?

Yes. The 8X toggles between 4x and 8x magnification, and the 6X toggles between 3x and 6x. This matters for sensitivity because one slider has to feel right at both ends of its range.

Why does my 8X feel uncontrollable even on low sensitivity?

At eight times magnification, the same thumb movement sweeps eight times more of the world across your screen. A value that feels smooth at Red Dot will be unusable at 8X. The slider has to come down steeply, which is why our starting values for 8X sit between 30 and 122 on gyro while No Scope sits near 380.

Should 6X and 8X use the same sensitivity?

No. They are separate sliders in BGMI for a reason. In our values the 8X figure sits roughly 60 points below the 6X figure on gyroscope at every tier, because the extra magnification needs proportionally less movement.

Is gyroscope worth using at 8X?

For holding a target steady, yes, provided you lower the value a lot. Many long-range players use scope-on gyro so the phone only reads motion once they are actually aiming, which keeps hip-fire movement from disturbing the crosshair.

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BGMI 6X & 8X Scope Sensitivity: Long-Range Settings That Hold

✍️ By Mansoor Alam 📅 October 5, 2026 ⏱️ 8 Min Read 🏷️ BGMI / PUBG Mobile

You finally loot an AWM with an 8X. You lie down, you scope in on someone across the valley, and the crosshair will not sit still. Every tiny touch sends it sliding half a building away. So you drag the slider down, and now it moves like treacle and you cannot track anything.

This is the most common long-range complaint in BGMI, and it is not a skill problem. The high scopes behave differently enough from Red Dot and 3X that they need their own numbers — and there is a detail about how those scopes work that almost nobody adjusts for.

The zoom toggle nobody accounts for

Here is the part that catches people out. Neither of these scopes is a fixed magnification:

Scope	Zoom range	Fits on
6X	Toggles 3x ↔ 6x	Almost every rifle, including ARs
8X	Toggles 4x ↔ 8x	Snipers and DMRs only

The 8X is the most restricted attachment in the game. It will only mount on the Kar98K, M24, AWM, SKS, Mini14, Mk14 and SLR. You cannot put one on an M416 or an AKM, which is exactly why the 6X ends up being the long-range scope most players live with — it goes on nearly everything.

Now think about what the toggle does to your slider. Your 8X sensitivity value has to feel usable at 4x and at 8x, because the same number is governing both. That is a genuinely awkward job, and it is why an 8X setting that feels perfect on a static target often feels twitchy the moment you zoom out to track a moving one.

Practical consequence: tune your 8X value at the magnification you actually fight at. If you mostly take long static shots, tune at 8x. If you use the AWM for mid-range pressure and spend more time zoomed out, tune at 4x and accept a slightly slow feel at full zoom.

Why the numbers have to drop so steeply

Magnification is not a visual effect. It is a multiplier on how much of the world crosses your screen for a given amount of thumb travel.

At No Scope, dragging your thumb two centimetres might swing your view thirty degrees. At 8X, that same two centimetres is swinging the same thirty degrees through a view that is eight times narrower — so on screen, the world flies past eight times faster. Your hand did not change. The scope did.

That is why the sliders are separate and why they fall away so sharply. In our base values, gyroscope at No Scope sits at 380. At 6X it is 140. At 8X it is 80. The same shape repeats on ADS and camera. Anyone telling you to use one number across all scopes has not aimed through an 8X.

Starting values for 6X and 8X

These come from the scope-on gyro profile in our calculator, which is the setup most long-range players use — the phone only reads motion once you are actually scoped, so shuffling around in hip-fire does not disturb anything. Find your finger layout, then your RAM and frame rate.

4-finger claw

RAM	FPS	Gyro 6X	Gyro 8X	ADS 6X	ADS 8X	Cam 6X	Cam 8X
3 GB	60	124	64	30	22	30	20
3 GB	90	137	77	30	22	29	20
6 GB	60	139	79	30	22	25	20
6 GB	90	152	92	24	20	21	18
6 GB	120	162	102	20	16	19	16
8 GB	90	164	104	21	17	19	16
8 GB	120	174	114	17	13	17	14
12 GB	90	172	112	18	14	17	14
12 GB	120	180	122	14	10	15	12

3-finger claw

RAM	FPS	Gyro 6X	Gyro 8X	ADS 6X	ADS 8X	Cam 6X	Cam 8X
3 GB	60	116	56	30	22	30	20
3 GB	90	129	69	30	22	30	20
6 GB	60	131	71	30	22	27	20
6 GB	90	144	84	30	22	23	20
6 GB	120	154	94	26	22	21	18
8 GB	90	156	96	27	22	21	18
8 GB	120	166	106	23	19	19	16
12 GB	90	164	104	24	20	19	16
12 GB	120	174	114	20	16	17	14

2-finger thumbs

RAM	FPS	Gyro 6X	Gyro 8X	ADS 6X	ADS 8X	Cam 6X	Cam 8X
3 GB	60	102	42	30	22	30	20
3 GB	90	115	55	30	22	30	20
6 GB	60	117	57	30	22	30	20
6 GB	90	130	70	30	22	29	20
6 GB	120	140	80	30	22	27	20
8 GB	90	142	82	30	22	27	20
8 GB	120	152	92	30	22	25	20
12 GB	90	150	90	30	22	25	20
12 GB	120	160	100	30	22	23	20

    The 8X always sits about 60 below the 6X. Look down any row — 124 and 64, 152 and 92, 180 and 122. That gap is not arbitrary; it is the extra magnification being paid for. If you have been running the same number in both boxes, this is probably why one of them has always felt wrong.
  

The ceiling you will hit on a flagship

Run the 4-finger table to the bottom and something stops moving. At 12GB and 120 FPS the Gyro 6X value reads 180 — and it will not go higher no matter what else you change.

That is a deliberate cap. Above roughly 180 at six times magnification, a gyroscope input stops being aim and starts being noise: the natural tremor in your hands, the vibration of the phone against your fingers, the small correction you make when you breathe. All of it gets multiplied until the crosshair never settles.

If you are on a flagship running 120 FPS with a 4-finger claw and 6X still feels slow, the fix is not a higher number. It is a slightly larger physical movement of the phone, which is a habit you build in Training Grounds rather than a setting you type in.

Twenty minutes to tune this properly

Take a Mini14 or SKS with an 8X into Training Grounds. A DMR gives you repeat shots, so you learn faster than with a bolt-action.
Go to the long lane and scope a static target at maximum distance. Hold the crosshair on it for five seconds without firing.
Crosshair drifting off on its own? Gyro 8X is too high. Drop it by 10.
Fighting to move it onto the target? Too low. Raise it by 10.
Now toggle the scope down to 4x and repeat on a closer target. The same slider is doing this job too. If it feels wild here, settle between the two values.
Repeat with a 6X on an AR, checking at both 3x and 6x.
Change one row at a time and give it a few real matches. Long-range settings take longer to judge than close-range ones because you take fewer shots per game.

Not sure which row applies to your phone?

The SensiAI Pro Android app reads your device's RAM and frame rate on its own and builds gyro, ADS and camera values for every scope tier on that exact handset — including separate 6X and 8X figures for your finger layout. It also answers aim questions in English, Hindi and Hinglish.

Get SensiAI Pro — Free on Google Play

Questions people actually ask

Which guns can take an 8X?

Only snipers and DMRs — Kar98K, M24, AWM, SKS, Mini14, Mk14 and SLR. No assault rifle will accept one, so if you want magnification on an M416 the 6X is your ceiling.

Should 6X and 8X use the same number?

No. They are separate sliders because they are doing different amounts of work. Across every row in the tables above the 8X value sits roughly 60 points below the 6X value on gyroscope.

My 8X still shakes even on low sensitivity. What else?

Check that you are prone or behind cover rather than crouched, and that you have a stock or cheek pad fitted if the gun takes one. Sensitivity controls how much your input moves the view; it cannot remove the sway the game applies to an unsupported sniper.

Is scope-on gyro better than full gyro for long range?

For most people, yes. With scope-on gyro the phone ignores your movement until you actually aim, so repositioning behind a rock does not throw your crosshair across the map. Full gyro gives finer control once you are used to it, but it needs a steadier hand and lower values.

Does frame rate change these numbers?

It does, and the tables above account for it. Gyroscope rises with frame rate while ADS and camera fall slightly — the same relationship we worked through in the frame rate guide.