Well, mostly for financial reasons, I am narrowing the choice for my son's first "deer rifle" down to either the Burris 6x40 Fullfield II at $150 or a Vortex Viper 2-7x32 that I bought a few months ago on closeout from Cameraland (with this exact purpose in mind).
If one of these doesn't work, I will upgrade in a few years. Although there is almost a year between now and next rifle season, and so I'll probably change my mind a dozen times before then.
