I started hunting, in 1956, with a 2.5-4X B&L on their adjustable mounts. Later I went to a 2.5-8X B&L that I used for many years. Didn't get a fixed power scope until 1972. It was a 4X B&L. In 1987, I bought a Remington Mtn. Rifle and mounted a 4X Leupold on it. Jack O'Connor liked the 2.5-4X stuff for his rifles, so I thought I'd try some. Later, I went back to variables. Had a 6.5-20X Leupold on my "long range magnum," a Mk.5 Weatherby. Still have a few, but none are on my serious big game rifles. I've learned the deer I hunt don't stand around, broadside, and wait for me to range them, make a wind call, and assume some sort of solid shooting position. I'm sure some people hunt in places where that is the way it works, but I haven't hunted like that for sometime.
The four year old class bucks I hunt, all take off running, stay down in the wash, and duck in and out of cover, as I try to hit them. Never have I killed one over 150 yds. out. E
