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I have a 2.5-8 Leupold on a really fine FN auctioned wood stocked .30-06 that has not moved poi in over twenty years. In fairness, I'm using the same lot of ammo from then until now. I have had a 3.5-10 AO on another rifle almost as long with no change.
Leupolds may or may not be behind the curve for knob twisters, I don't know as I do not participate. I try to shoot enough to be familiar with point blank and hold over to be successful. They have supposedly beefed up the springs in the new lineups, VX-3i. Also the next line up 2-12 etc.
Jack
"Do not blame Caesar, blame the people...who have...rejoiced in their loss of freedom....Blame the people who hail him when he speaks of the 'new, wonderful, good, society'...to mean ,..living fatly at the expense of the industrious." Cicero
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I was at a gunshow yesterday and had a chance to look at the Nightforce scopes. All I can say is what a huge heavy hunk of metal. If you don't kill with your bullet you can club them to death with the scope. I can't imagine putting something that big and heavy on top of a hunting rifle no matter how good they are. The other thing I realized is that all the tiny hash marks make a very cluttered picture and they are hard to see depending on the background. The mil-dots are much easier.
I think I'm back to looking through the Bushnell LRHS which I didn't get a chance to see or a Leupold as a compromise to the weight. 20 oz seems to be about right for me. I will take a look at the Leupold Mark 4 LR/t 3.5-10x40 ffp M3.
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Vortex Viper HS LR 2.5-10x32 is FFP.
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I was at a gunshow yesterday and had a chance to look at the Nightforce scopes. All I can say is what a huge heavy hunk of metal. If you don't kill with your bullet you can club them to death with the scope. I can't imagine putting something that big and heavy on top of a hunting rifle no matter how good they are. The other thing I realized is that all the tiny hash marks make a very cluttered picture and they are hard to see depending on the background. The mil-dots are much easier.
I think I'm back to looking through the Bushnell LRHS which I didn't get a chance to see or a Leupold as a compromise to the weight. 20 oz seems to be about right for me. I will take a look at the Leupold Mark 4 LR/t 3.5-10x40 ffp M3. The Nightforce 2-10x42 NXS compact is is sized to be very usable on a hunting rifle. Weighs about 20oz, which is a little lighter than the LRHS. It IS a 2fp scope, but in that zoom range, I don't see the 2fp as being much of a hindrance. Some of the more tactically oriented Nightforces are indeed quite big, but the Compact NXS is not. John
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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