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men,

i currently have a new leupy 3x9x40 vx2 on my ruger mk2 30-06. i want more eye relief and i want to go back to a fixed power scope.

i already have a nikon monarch 6x on my 243 and it does everything i ask.

so, i plan on trading my vx2 for a new or "like new" 6x.

the question is, would a leupy have more eye relief than the nikon, or is there another scope out there that has more?

thanks for your responses.

I use a number of Leupold 6X42's on different calibers(up to 376 Steyr) & this scope has all the eye relief I need. This scope may well be the best buy in scope optics today.

I believe that VAnimrod has a number of current 6X scopes. Hopefully he will chime in!

VXII 6x36 LR ... it's what I use and is the scope that will likely go on every rifle I own from this point til' I die.

Leupold 6x; 6x36 or 6x42.

When I was checking scope eye-relief very carefully for scopes to go on my daughter's slug gun and turkey shotgun, I didn't find any that exceeded or even matched Leupold.

I'm feeling the same way. Just need more time behind the one I have to be sure.

Travis

So why the 6x36 over the 6x42 Leupold? Is it just the weight savings or ???

FX-III 6x42
Sightron SIIB 6x42
Nikon Monarch 6x42
IOR Valdala 6x42
FX-II 6x36
Sightron SII 6x42
Pentax 6x42

In that order. Between the top three, the difference is so small, it basically ain't there. The Valdala is better than any of those three in glass, but it's heavy as hell and SHORT on eye relief.

The FX-II and SII are a step down. The FX-II is smaller, but not quite as bright (IMHO). The SII has the glass of the FX-III/SIIB/Monarch class, but a noticeably shorter eye relief.

The Pentax lags well behind in eye relief and in glass, though is still good glass.

And, yes, I've either owned or still own every one of those.

I just prefer smaller scopes. My buddy has the 6x42 and I agree with VA, it's brighter.


Travis

Leupold FX3 6x42.. Nothing is better.

Nikon has discontinue the 6x42 Monarch so the Leupold is the best. I have both the 6x42 Nikon and Leupold and the 6x36 Leupold and there isn't a whole lot of difference in the three. Go with which ever you can get the best deal on.

I've not tried the Sightrons,nor the IOR Valdala. I have tried the Nikon and Leupold's FX II's and III's. I like the FX III's the best, followed by the FX II's. The Nikons I got through that SWFA fiasco, and they are nice scopes, but I think the Leupolds beat them in eye relief. Aren't their maintubes a bit shorter, too? With the scope mounted as far to the rear as the leupold rings/bases I had on my M700 SA would allow, I had to crawl the stock to get a proper sight picture. The Nikons went down the road.

Currently, though I find myself a bit flush with 6x's, might need to unload one/two (cheaper than buying rifles).

Kaiser Norton.

+1 on the 6x42 Leupold.

thanks men for the responses. so, where should i look for the best deal on a leupy 6x42? and, what should i ask for my leupy 3x9x40 if i sell it on the classifieds here? it's looks new and i just bought the thing 6-7 months ago. i still have the box, etc. i don't know if the rings left any marks as it has never been removed from the rifle. thanks

I believe the 42mm is brightest, bought mine on clearance and believe it's the brightest scope I own and I own a lot of Leupolds
Coop

Schmidt & Bender 6x42,

Brightest 6x hunting scope money can buy ......

I won't argue who's the brightest's but will say Leupold has treated me better than expected which mean's a lot to me.
Coop

+2. I have an M8 and a FX-III. Both are absolute pleasures to use.

BMT

Clay, owned a Swaro 6x36, and about every M8 and FX 6x that Leupy has made/makes, and the SB 6x42 may be brighter, but when you have a scope as bright as the Leupy is, unless you are hunting at night, in the dark past legal hours, I just cannot see why one would get a ROI, at 3-4x the cost.

If the cost were similar.....different story.

But, way short on eye relief....:(