Growing up in the '60's, I did a lot of groundhog and deer hunting. I could afford 1 rifle and 1 scope. The ideal combination for me at that time was a LH Savage 110 .243 with a Lyman 10X All-American scope that I bought used. I learned to shoot the 10X pretty well off-hand and that combo produced a ton of game for about 20 yrs. until I switched to variable powers. I still have the rifle and scope by the way.
With so many good variable scope options today, a fixed power wouldn't be my top choice or even in my top 10 choices, but the 10X can work well.
