Mike, FWIW (and forgive me for keeping on goin' back to the tactical side of things, here) for short-range target acquisition the difference between a 1X or 1.5X scope and a 3X optic is HUGE.
Example: a couple years ago I shot a 3-gun match with our very own Bluedreaux. Who is a scary-fast and scary-accurate shooter, BTW. On one stage my time totally sucked with my rifle; Blue came up to me when I was stowing my guns and casually turned the zoom on my -4X Burris optic down from 3X to 1X and said, "You might want to try that again, Doc." I did (not for score), and I cut my time in half. Just an example.
