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...However, "limiting myself" with a 6X42, just isn't so. For one thing, it is far tougher, i.e. much more likely to hold zero when impacted than any 50-56mm euro variable I've ever heard of. Either from outside impacts or recoil....E I heard all the Schmidt and Benders were far tougher, E.g., more likely to hold zero if struck, dropped or otherwise impacted, than any Leupold.
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I reckon a Burris with Posilock would be the best at holding a zero.
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Dave,
While I happen to agree with that, I've seen E disagree with that notion.
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I suppose used on a really hard kicker the reticle could fail earlier than in a scope without posilock (never proven that I know of). I had a Burris Signature on my 30-06 and later my .243 and the zero never changed. The '06 has a laminated stock and the .243 a boat paddle. Anyone can argue away til hell freezes but it wouldn't have changed the zero or my mind. 
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JonA, My experiences have simply been different. I've been in conditions several times in legal hours where I would not have felt comfortable taking a shot with the Leupold I was using and even once with an IOR (reticle got hard to see) where I would have been OK with a different IOR or the S&B I now have. Years ago I gave up on the fixed anything for lack of being able to well enough. Sue told me to shoot the first legal deer because she wanted the venison. A few days later I was watching a deer feed in the woods, I cranked up the power ring for a closer look. There was so much brush around it and between it and me, I did not see the horns until the scope was on 10X. It was a fork. BANG!
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On top of all of that, it has a huge eye box. Far better than any of the euros even at their lower magnifications. Heck, it even beats the Leupold variables I have in that department when they are set on 6X. So then, by your past assertions that eyebox determines optical quality of the image, are you saying Leupold variables are clearer, sharper and brighter than fixed power Leupolds? They have a smaller eyebox so it must be true, right?
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