I tend to be a fixed, 4x power scope guy on my hunting rifles. A 'long ranger' might get a 6x, and that is 'plenty big power' to me. So 2.5X has never felt like a handicap or left me wanting on my 375 and my M70 wears one with the Burris label presently. I have Weaver 2.5xs on the lighter 9.3 and 45-70 Ruger #1-S and prefer that version of a 2.5X scope over the bigger Burris, or the Leupold 2.5X which is on a Marlin 45-70. (The Leupold has the smallest FOV among the three.)


Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.