Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles fixed power scope for shots from 50-500yds?

It was just a trend in my hunting rifles... I too like the smaller variables (I have more than a couple 2-7x33 Loopys here) After not needing to crank one of them up past 3-4x for a few seasons, I thought to myself "Why not try a fixed 4??" Had it not been for old crusty bastids on the 'Fire here, it might have taken me another year or two to discover the joys of fixed 4's

Sammers, that hammer forged piece of Eurotrash can shoot that far

....funny how that happens....

I hear its a sickness

Now I watch the classifieds looking for old Loopys in 4x. I look at tables at gun-shows too.

I love it when somebody says "the only thing wrong with that scope is its a fixed 4..."

Dan: I laugh when someone looks at my rifle and asks.."How do you change the power?"

Or when they say "what kind of scope is that ?" E

E: True enuf!That crops now and then.....

Bringing this thread back from the dead. For those who loved or were against fixed powers, do you still feel the same?

1,5-6, 2-7x, 3-9or10x,.... You want largest fov for close range shots at low magnification and higher magnification for long-long range targets. The real problem is with aiming reticle type. Buying six power or even 4x fixed scope for this task makes no sense to me.

PS. Take a hard look at Zeiss 'Terra' 3-9x42 with RZ6 reticle. It isn't perfect but it's pretty good setup. That is what I will likely put on my .300H&H.

All I've got on my rifles. Haven't seen any need to change.

Longest kill to date. 550yds 4x Weaver. Was stellar at dawn and dusk.

I have a few fixed power scopes. 6x Weaver, 4x Burris mini, 6x Burris mini, 6x Zeiss, 2.5x Scope Chief. I like them. They take up to three deer a year and a lot of coyotes. What is not to like? A 6x is my favorite out to 400 yards.

I have a Leupold FXIII 6x42mm on my 308Win. It's crystal clear and nice scope BUT the thing is a long and heavy as my 3.5-10x40mm Leupold!

Think I'll eventually sell it and get either a fixed 4x or 3.5x10mm Leupold.

I was for them then,and I still feel the same about them now.

slavek,

That has not been my experience, having used 6x to take running game as close as 10 yards and standing game as far as 500.

I would rather have a 2x7 or 1x5 where I hunt.20yards moving is way more common than even 100 yards.

My problem with my fixed Leupie 6x42 is purely aesthetics on my part. So it's kind of silly and trivial.

Can't get much better than an M8 6x42 with a M1 up top....

If I wanted fixed power I would look at Weaver Classic K and compare it to Leupold to see if I wanted to bay 2x more for the latter.

i would dislike a 6x scope more at 40yards then at 500.for really closeup shots 6x is way more then i like.i'll take a variable for deer hunting any day over a fixed power.