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I can buy a new VX1 1-4x20mm for 200.00 or a like new vxIII 1.5-5x20mm for 300.00 which scope do I choose. Money is an issue.
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I have a VX-1 (or -2) 1-4 on my Guide Gun. It's the shotgun/ml version with coarse crosswires and closer range parallax adjustment. It's worked well for me for quite some time, more than ten years.
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thx cra1948- hope I get more helpful comments like that.
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I can buy a new VX1 1-4x20mm for 200.00 or a like new vxIII 1.5-5x20mm for 300.00 which scope do I choose. Money is an issue. I've used both. I think the VXIII is worth the extra $100 over the VXI and you will be glad down the road for the extra expense. Better glass and click adjustments are the biggest features over the cheaper scope. .
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VX-3 is better than VX-III. The latest Leupy scopes have better glass than the older ones.
IMHO.
DF
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I've got the VXII 1-4 20mm on mine with the German #1 in Leupold QR Mounts. I replaced the rear sight with a sight from the Cowboy 45/70 and can print a 2" group with the irons at 75 if need be. Bruz
Bruz "You can't scare me.........I have kids"
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I like your tastes Bruzer.
If you're not burning through batteries in your headlamp,...you're doing it wrong.
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I like your tastes Bruzer. +1, me too. DF
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I like your tastes Bruzer. Thank you....These all wear Leupolds now as do all my rifles. This was a pic of my "Wood Stocked" rifles from a year ago....I've since added a 308MX wearing a 2.5-8 36mm to this lineup. The 10/22 (Duplex)and 257 Roberts (Heavy Duplex) RSI's both wear 2-7 33mm and the 270 with the nice wood wears a 3-9 40mm all in Silver. Bruz
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Sweet rifles Bruzer, very nice. What's that 3rd one from the left?
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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Sweet rifles Bruzer, very nice. What's that 3rd one from the left? JG That's a factory Ruger M77 MKII in 270....I bought the paddle stocked rifle for $175 and the factory wood stock on here for $200 I believe....so after refinishing the stainless I may have $400 in it total.......And it shoots 130TTSXs very well Bruz
Last edited by Bruzer; 03/25/11.
Bruz "You can't scare me.........I have kids"
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well I'm getting the vx111- I figured for an extra 100 it was probably worth it.
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Good choice. I have a 1-4x VX II shotgun scope on my guide gun. It's been on it since 2003. Been all over the US, and a trip to Africa in 08. It's a shotgun scope, with the heavy duplex crosshairs. That leupie has served mr well for a number of years.
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I have a bunch of Leupold scopes along with a few Burris and older Redfields but the scope I have on my 1895SS is a 40 buck 4X TRASHCO (Tasco) bought at a yard sale. Shooting a steady diet of heavy loadings that resulted in nerve damage to my shoulder has failed to damage a scope that most guys here wouldn't consider. Great clear, rugged El Cheapo scope in the woods on a hard kicker. Who woulda thunk ? 63 grains of Benchmark under a 300 grain Partition. Try it.
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