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Mule Deer, Would love to know how much experience Ringman has in Alaska and Africa, where a .375 is most useful. Let's suppose I went to Africa and Alaska every year for the last twenty years. What does that have to do with the original poster's post? Also what does it have to do with the deer and elk I have killed with my .375?
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Because the owner of the rifle wants to. And he can get a powerful quality product to go with his powerful toy.
LOL Ringman, you could say the same about putting a Hubble on a lever action .45-70, that doesn't mean it's good advice. He asked for advice, and he got it.
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Plus, the obvious fewer moving parts and less to go wrong that's in favor of fixed power. None of my scopes have failed. So the idea there are more moving parts becomes irrelevant with today's scopes. You keep telling us what you've obviously never done, and where.
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Klikitarik, You keep telling us what you've obviously never done, and where. How does what I have or haven't done bare on the original poster's request? Or for that matter anyone else's experience here? I have a friend whom, when he told me he had a 6-24X on his .338 Win Mag, I didn't believe. Until I saw it. Some folks like big glass on big guns. More power to them.
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Ringman,
You're right. If somebody wants to use a .375 Ruger (or H&H) on "a variety of game" and thinks a 3-18x or 4-16x would work better than a smaller scope, then by all means they should go ahead.
But apparently most people who've actually used a .375 on a variety of game, both smaller and larger than deer and elk, haven't tried the scopes the OP mentioned, apparently because they haven't felt any need, or have tried bigger scopes on .375's and found downsides. So that's how they responded.
One of the supposed virtues of the Campfire is the availability of a wide variety of experience.
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Fixed 4x Leopoldo on mine
I shot a hog at 253 yards in May
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Fixed 4x33 Leupold with Heavy Duplex on mine, with a 2.5x20, again with HD as a backup. Haven't needed the backup yet...
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Klikitarik, You keep telling us what you've obviously never done, and where. How does what I have or haven't done bare on the original poster's request? It doesn't, but it does define the quality of your responses.
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smokepole, Since this is such and old thread and it came up, without looking to see who posted, I thought it was you. 
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Time passage notwithstanding, your commentary remains just as ignorant as the day you wrote it.
In other words, you've stood the test of time.
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smokepole, Time passage notwithstanding, your commentary remains just as ignorant as the day you wrote it.
In other words, you've stood the test of time. Are you suggesting I'm ignorant because I say someone has put a larger variable on their .375? In order to make that statement, based on factual information, you would have to be omniscient.
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A European 1.5-6x42 also deserves consideration and has hardly been mentioned.
I love my fixed power and low power variable Leupolds but the above scope is a real workhorse that covers almost every function of a mid-bore rifle.
It might not be the 'fires cup of tea but it has an established respect in the global hunting community.
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tedthorn,
That is BEutiful!
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FXII 2.5x heavy duplex...
Oh...
I happen to have one for sale.
Imagine that.
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tedthorn,
That is BEutiful! Thanks Ringman I got lucky with this one
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