MtnBoomer-You are definitely right about the VX-R scopes. I had a 3-9x50 FD duplex for a while until $$ got tight (always does ha ha) and sold it here on the board recently. I plan on having another some day, maybe this time in the 40mm version. There was nothing to not like about it.
BobinNH-Your story with the 2.5-8x definitely shows that we can make things work. For a number of years, I had a 3200 3-9x on my little 7mm Bullberry. It was a good, solid and reliable scope but not something that excelled in moonlight with its duplex reticle. But as long as the range was reasonable and you worked at it, that scope could get it done. It wasn't perfect for the situation -- and none are -- but got the job done on a number of hogs. And in the end, that's all that really matters.
