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And get it with dots.

Dots in the 6x36 are pretty cool!

I thought is was dotZ...

I have both 6x42 and 6x36 Leupolds and have done side by side testing for brightness at dusk. If there is a difference, it is very slight. I happen to like the 6x36 with dotz a lot so that's what almost all my go to rifles wear now. In truth, they are both great scopes so no way to go wrong.

Jordan and Brad,
To be clear for the OP, by saying "dotz" you're referring to the LR reticle, yes??

Has anyone used a fixed power for eastern woods deer hunting? Can't imagine using 6x in the woods. Not unlike the black timber in CO. Just curious more than anything.

prm, sure!Still do it every year,depending which rifle is grabbed.

2.5x,3x.and 4x mostly.....In many places back here,it is thicker than Colorado black timber.Hardwood ridges are some what open with a bit more visibility;cedar swamps dark and thick,and clearcuts very thick, nasty,depending on the age of the cut.

Thanks. I hunt here in VA and can't imagine the 6x for our woods, but the 2.5 to 4x would be doable. I used a 4.5-14 (set to 4.5) once and that was a challenge to get the deer I was looking at in the scope. Really, a red dot, or even irons, would be ideal for much of what I do. Of course then there's the occasional field where you want the higher power 6x +. I could see a 6x36 with the dotz for more open country though. Light, simple, effective.

A 4.5-14 on 4.5 or 6 isn't going to give you a good idea of how a plain 6x42 Leupold works.

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Had both now have only the 6x36's with LR on several rifles.

For some reason the 6x36's seemed brighter and had better clarity than the 6x42. I keep thinking I will try new FX-3 next time to see if they are better than the FX-III I had used and sold.

Make sure you get a Leupold fixed 6X cause it will be easier to sell here in the classified.

I do prm. matter of fact my Blaser has a 6 x 42 mm on it, so dose my 7 x 57. works just fine.

My main rifle wears a K6. Don't have any problems with it down here. Actually works well both in the swamp and out on the pine flats.

PRM, had a 6x when a nice buck showed up one am. Dropped him at 15 yds, centered the chest and front shoulder in the fov. No issues.

Leupold fixed 6x's....



30 yards in the woods-



Around 200 yards in an over grown valley-




427 yards...




Fixed 6x Leupolds work near or far....

Fair enough! Reality trumps speculation every time!

Great bucks! I really like the shot placement, "breaking shoulders", in the top image.

Scott

prm,

It seems like they would suck in close, but they actually work rather nicely.





J_Scott,

Thanks. They were all shoulder shots.

Anybody happen to know the FX II 6x 36 LR Duplex reticle subtensions? Had it the other day, now I can't find it for the fixed power scopes.

Also, how is the light transmission on a fixed power vs. a variable at the same power setting?

Edit: All I can find so far:

2.19 moa to first dot
4.8 moa to second dot
7.82 to post

There are fewer lenses in a fixed power scope which "theoretically" should mean they should be brighter cause each lense looses or lessens light transmission. That usually doesn't add up to something the eye can actually distinguish though. Something John Barsness stated not long ago and that is that manufacturers put more "R&D" into variable power scopes cause that's where the money is for them.

Talk to JGRaider who recently bought a 6x42 FX3 cause he had a chance to compare it side by side to a Zeiss Conquest and I believe he thought the FX3 was somewhat brighter than the Zeiss plus the fact that his Leupold had the heavy duplex reticle which helps more in low light than minor optical differences. I had a Leupold 1.75-6x32 with the heavy duplex reticle and despite the rather smallish objective lense size, that little scope was pretty good in low light.