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Anybody compare the optical quality on the FX3 6x36 to the 6x42. A noticeable difference in lower light?
The eye relief on these does look wonderful. Glass quality compared to meopta,minox and such?
Only thing I would need more power than 6 x for is load development (and those tiny prairie dogs).
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Sceanor and RCamuglia here on the fire. Another would be Montana Marine.
6x42 wins the optical quality race, but not by much.
I can't tell all that much difference, but young eyes may be able to get a couple more minutes if that is important.
Never looked thru the others.
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If shooting at 500 yds or less I'd go with the FX3 6X42 LR
If its a dedicated 500+ yd rifle I'd go super chicken 5-15.
Dedicated long range mountain rifle...VX3 3-10X40
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I think one of these would be hard to beat. http://www.cameralandny.com/optics2/meopta.pl?page=meopta541800Or any of BSA's recommendations. My RUM wore a 3.5-10x50 Leupold. Used it for elk and it worked fine. With any decent quality scope the recoil of a 300WM should not be a concern.
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Battue, he put a cap of 10-12 on the power range. He states, "probably no need to go more than 10-12"... If a guy can't use a 3-9 in just about any kind of hunting scenario, he needs to take up golf or sewing/knitting... Just sayin.. A low/medium powered fixed isn't the answer to everything, just a lot of things.  Just sayin.... I know you love them ol buddy. When I was packing my elk rifle this year, I kept it on 6x most of the time and thought, "damn, I could probably hunt with just a 6x leupold".... . However, I've been using the good ol 3-9x40 for many years and old habits are hard to break..  . I'm hoping the new Swarovski 3-9x36 works out  ....
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Meopta makes a nice fixed 6X42mm. I like their #4 reticle, too. Bob ![[Linked Image]](http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii27/RobertOIF2/DSC_2899_zps0e77b041.jpg)
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Meopta 3-12x56 illuminated 4k with a Kenton elevation turret. It's fun spending the OP's money.
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Battue, he put a cap of 10-12 on the power range. He states, "probably no need to go more than 10-12"... If a guy can't use a 3-9 in just about any kind of hunting scenario, he needs to take up golf or sewing/knitting... Just sayin.. A low/medium powered fixed isn't the answer to everything, just a lot of things. Just sayin.... I know you love them ol buddy. When I was packing my elk rifle this year, I kept it on 6x most of the time and thought, "damn, I could probably hunt with just a 6x leupold".... . However, I've been using the good ol 3-9x40 for many years and old habits are hard to break.. . I'm hoping the new Swarovski 3-9x36 works out .... BSA, I've hunted with the 6X42 FX3 for 2 years and the conclusion I came to was it would work for about any situation. However, in comparison to scopes that go as low as 2 or 3 power I much prefer the lower power scope with the wider field of view as much of the hunting I do often presents close shots in dense Forrest. I've recently graduated the straight 6 to rifles I use in more open country that often presents shots from 300 to 600 yds. Shod
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1. Leupold VX3 3.5-10x40
2. Zeiss 3-9x40 conquest
3. Swarovski 3-9x36
4. Burris FFII 3-9x40 with ballistic plex reticle.
5. B&L or Bushnell elite 4200 2.5-10x40
6. Nikon monarch 2.5-10x42
No particular order... All good, I would add a VX-6 2-12x42 to that list as well.
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I picked up a used model 70 classic in 300 Win.
Will probably get a new stock but still a carry gun. For this I'd do a VX-3 3.5-10x40.....anything better is going to be much heavier.
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