Good thread.
This is a topic that interest me. I grew up reading that you will miss opportunity's to get shots at game if you failed to dial your variable down.
That didn't jive with my experience.
Then I read scenarshooters testimony to the effectiveness of his Schmidt& Bender 10x42.
I think in the old days stocks were designed for open sights, scope eye box's were finicky etc...
Seems to me amateurs have problems finding things in their scopes F.O.V., experienced rifle men seem to do fine.
With todays stocks and scopes, I think something like a 10xS.S. or Pat's S&B are very usable in open country and in a pinch usable if a close opportunity presents itself. Wouldn't be my first choice for close range hunting, that would be a 6x!
