Those 4x Leupolds are sweet, but IIRC they have the same eye relief as my 2.5-8x Leupold. If eye relief is an issue with you check it out before you buy. My 2.5-8x has what I consider TOO much eye relief for someone with the same arm length as me. I've got a Leupold FX-II 2x20mm on a 7.5" Ruger Redhawk 44 Mag. that really works well for me. Like I said previously; I rarely crank the Encore up higher than 4x, so maybe I should just go with 2x on the Encore and use one of those nice little Leupold 2x units on it. I could probably learn to live with it just fine. Now this thread has ME re-thinking my Encore scope. But whatever I decide on will most likely say "Leupold" on it.

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