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I bought a Leupold Big Bore 3x with a heavy duplex reticle for my Savage M99 and it's perfect for me. Awesome scope. Bob ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/h7dckzZ.jpg) THIS WHERE IT"S AT! Enough magnification in a very durable scope with a long tube allowing for proper eye relief adjustment.
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The 3x Big Bore is the same length as the FX-II 4x. The advantage the 3x has is there's no objective bell up front so there's more tube length for mounting.
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Any reason to believe the last 3x Leupolds were any tougher than say the FX-2 6x36, which JB had so much trouble with?
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4-12X on a '95 Marlin? Really??? I have a forward mount 2.5X on mine and it has been great on 25 to 100 yd shots. I can see a 1-4x maybe. We're talking 45-70 here. I have a lot of low power scopes all of which are leupold and low power. All would work fine.
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Yes. On any rifle. My Freedom Arms .454 has a Leupold VX 2 1/2-8X32.
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Once I found some deer about fifty yards away. They were munching on a tree. I put the variable 4-16X set on 4X on them. I couldn't see any antlers. In Oregon it has to have at least a fork before we can kill it. I turned up the scope till I could definitely make out a fork on one of the deer. After I fired I looked at the magnification setting: 10X.
Another time I was using a fixed 4X. My hunting buddy was using a 4-12X. I looked at them with my 8X binoculars and told him there are no bucks in that group. He turned up is scope to 12X and shot a three point.
Therefore I would recommend a variable of at least 4-12X. I personally would not use anything lower than a 4-16X. You need better binoculars if you can't determine what you're looking at, at 50 yds. Oregon vs. Texas. Who will be crowned the dumbest? If a person isn't able to tell the difference between a fork horn buck and a doe at 50 yards with the naked eye, I'd say a new prescription for glasses would be in order before purchasing a higher powered scope or new binos.
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Oregon vs. Texas.
Who will be crowned the dumbest?
Whoever decides to move to S Florida.
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I was going thru my box of hunting odds and ends and realized that I have a Vortex Viper 2-7x32 with BDC reticle that I thought I sold years ago.
Link....http://www.vortexoptics.com/discontinued/vortex-viper-2-7x32-riflescope-dead-hold-bdc-reticle/reticle. I may just give this a go as it has good eye relief and pretty good glass. Vortex Viper should hold up to 45-70 recoil, we'll see!
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Pappy348, there was a 6x42 he had problems with due to over torquing the rear ring. I don't recall a 6x36 problem.
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Oregon vs. Texas.
Who will be crowned the dumbest?
Whoever decides to move to S Florida. It's pretty obvious mommy and daddy would never let Lil' Raider leave home.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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How's the hunting down there?.......bwahahahahahaha!!!!
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Pappy348, there was a 6x42 he had problems with due to over torquing the rear ring. I don't recall a 6x36 problem. He posted recently about having some issues with the erector in some recent FX Leupolds. I had a FX-II 6x36 go wonky on me a few years ago as well.
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I agree that a good 4x scope would be the ticket. I also like the 2-7 variable idea. Me 3. The 2-7 offers a lot of versatility in a similar sized package to the 4X.
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If a person isn't able to tell the difference between a fork horn buck and a doe at 50 yards with the naked eye, I'd say a new prescription for glasses would be in order before purchasing a higher powered scope or new binos. Or it ain't much of a buck. Probably ought to just pass on that one.
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Any reason to believe the last 3x Leupolds were any tougher than say the FX-2 6x36, which JB had so much trouble with? The 3x Leupold is very tough to match for durability...
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If a person isn't able to tell the difference between a fork horn buck and a doe at 50 yards with the naked eye, I'd say a new prescription for glasses would be in order before purchasing a higher powered scope or new binos. Or it ain't much of a buck. Probably ought to just pass on that one. There are times when lots of vegetation is involved and mist and low light. You know, like real hunting. That's why a guy should check his optics outside the store after sunset if possible. P.S. Since I started using binoculars I have found deer I could not see at all without them. Even when I knew they were there.
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Oregon vs. Texas.
Who will be crowned the dumbest?
Whoever decides to move to S Florida. It's pretty obvious mommy and daddy would never let Lil' Raider leave home. Stop. You're making it too hard for me to stay out of this argument.
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Pappy348, there was a 6x42 he had problems with due to over torquing the rear ring. I don't recall a 6x36 problem. I do. #13186674 - 10/07/18 Re: Leupold 6x36 MD/Sheeps [Re: tomk] Mule Deer Online Content Campfire Oracle Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 44,660 Banana Belt, Montana In my experience the M8 6x Leupolds caused less trouble--and in zero, though you did want to set-and-forget them. But have had troubles with both adjustment consistency and zero-holding with three FX 6x36's. Last edited by Mule Deer; 10/07/18. John "Gunwriters, as you know, aren't as informed as their readers are and if it wasn't for the readers, there would be no need for writers..."--Shrapnel, May 2015
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How's the hunting down there?.......bwahahahahahaha!!!! I was kicking around the idea of living in Puerto Rico. There’s no hunting there unless monkeys or iguanas count. Not going of course ....
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