Hotsoup...I tried two of the 6x42 Leupold and got rid of both of them for 3x9 vxII's. If you havn't used a fixed six, try setting your scope at 6x and use it for awhile. I found that the field of view was not enough for shooting inside 100 yards and I am very familiar with and comfortable with use of scopes on running jack rabbits. In addition, with the heavy duplex, the thing was hard to place shots on small targets at 300+. I would rather have a 4x. I thought the six was the worst of both worlds but many will disagree...there is a 6x fan club here on the forum.
A very underrated scope is the 2.5 compact...I have several and worry that Leupold is going to dc it someday.
Last edited by RinB; 12/15/08.
