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3.5-10X40 B&C. Give it an M1 too.
Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
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VX-I 3X9X40 Gloss Duplex. I have more advanced models but this is the one I have been most successful with.
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3.5-10X40 B&C. Give it an M1 too. Yep. But I can get by with the 3-9x40 versions of the VX-II/2 series also. All are user-friendly to me.
Now with even more aplomb
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3.5-10x40 VX3 duplex, CDS just in case 2-12x42 VX6 duplex, CDS just in case Yep, X2. DF
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Mine is their 3.5-10-40 VX3. The 2.5-8 is nice for short action rifles, but I have run into mounting issues with some LA rifles, particularly my Husky 1900. When mounted, it had no leeway for adjusting the scope back or forth for proper ER needs. It wasn't as friendly to get behind as the 3.5-10-40 either.
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I always loved the first gen 1.75-6X32 VX-III with the shorter main tube, even though it sucked for long action rifles because you usually had to use extension mounts to use that stubby scope on a LA. Being a SA fan, that was never an issue for me, and I loved how compact and light that little scope was. I currently have 2 of them. Leupold has since lengthened the main tube of the 1.75-6X32. The newer VX-3 version is better optically, and I like it too. I also really like the 2.5-8X32 VX-3 and 3.5-10X40 VX-3, but once I'm in the 10X top end variable category, I prefer variables in the 2.5-10X config from some other brands better. To me, Leupold's biggest forte is in the light and compact category.
I really like the VX-6 series too, but for the MSRP, I sure wish Leupold would get on board with the hydrophobic lens coatings.
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Rifle, nice to see you and Igor posting. You guys must be bored.
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I've tried about all of the Leupie variables at one time or another. Can't find a favorite that will compare to their 4x and 6x, so I've quit trying. It's a fool's game.
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3.5 - 10 X 40 VX3 with a B&C reticle and a CDS dial.
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Rifle, nice to see you and Igor posting. You guys must be bored. "Igor" as you put it wasn't run off this forum as someone eluded to. He stopped because he got tired of people just ignoring his "professional" advise ( on scope design and manufacturing ), mostly from Eremicus from what I understood, and decided to spend his time elsewhere. Yes, he's not a hunter and made no bones about that, but there are a lot of technical questions about scopes asked here all the time, and he was a wealth of knowledge in that regard. He's not the only one who's been "run off" by the way some members here treat people, industry people, that went on to places where their "knowledge" would have been much better served. It was only recently that Steve Timm ( dogzapper ) has returned cautiously to see if things have changed and I, for one, how he decides to stay. He's forgotten more about guns, reloading and hunting than 99% of the ( mostly nice for the most part ) folks who post here.
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RD, you're a good guy, and I agree with you on Timm. Not so much on koshkin. I never said or thought he got run off of here. He just chooses to post more over on OT where everybody can kiss his assss and tell him how great he is. When he gets challenged on a few of his posts, he appears to get butt hurt and ignores them, even though I asked them out of ignorance. Oh well.....
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DD - the simple 4 & 6 are much more effective than many have discovered
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I've tried about all of the Leupie variables at one time or another. Can't find a favorite that will compare to their 4x and 6x, so I've quit trying. It's a fool's game. I wish I could disagree with this, but I can't.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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VX-6 2-12x42 XT duplex reticle.
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I've tried about all of the Leupie variables at one time or another. Can't find a favorite that will compare to their 4x and 6x, so I've quit trying. It's a fool's game. I wish I could disagree with this, but I can't. I've tried to love the 6x..... God knows I've tried.... but alas, it just isn't in me. If they made a FXII 8x36 with a duplex and fixed objective... I'd buy half a dozen of them. One of those with an M1 (or even a CDS) would be the titties on an open country rifle. Maybe even the wind-plex.... I did have a great little fling with a fixed 7.5x AO Leupold that was wonderful while it lasted.
You better pray to the God of Skinny Punks that this wind doesn't pick up......
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3.5-10x40 Duplex. Would be happy with 2.5-8x36, but the 3.5-10 is long enough to fit long actions without extended rings, etc. I have found that for getting on target quickly, you can get away with more magnification than you might think if the stock fit/scope location causes the rifle to "point well."
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I've tried about all of the Leupie variables at one time or another. Can't find a favorite that will compare to their 4x and 6x, so I've quit trying. It's a fool's game. I wish I could disagree with this, but I can't. I've tried to love the 6x..... God knows I've tried.... but alas, it just isn't in me. dog shooter you are young,and grew up with variables. They are better today than when I grew into the sport and fixed were more reliable, tougher. We got used to fixed powers and thought nothing of heading west with 4X's. For myself and friends,an elk at 300-400 yards with a fixed 4X was a chip shot. If we had to shoot further (we sometimes did) it was more like something had gone sideways on the hunt. A shot at over 400 yards was not considered routine.A fixed 6X still takes me to 600 yards although I have never shot an animal quite that far. People want to shoot longer today and if you grew up with access to more scope power,a guy likely will use it.I'm not surprised that many younger shooters find it hard to adjust to fixed power scopes,or find them too limiting. All the above applies to BG animals from antelope on up. Varmints and anything smaller are different story.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Favorite Leupold variable for big game? The couple I have are on 22s of rimfire or centerfire persuasion, so........?? ... I use more M8 4X than M8 6X on my bigger rifles, (though the Weaver 2.5X is another I use and like). These days, my eyes do like more juice when drilling paper though.
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