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I owned four AV 3-10x42s, and never had a problem with any of them. The easily survived several horseback hunts, as well as the recoil of my RUMs, and they tracked well, and held their zeros just fine.
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Bobin - you DO have a 4x32 S&B correct?
65: No, I have the 4X Conquest.I have only seen the 4X S&B in a store.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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I owned four AV 3-10x42s, and never had a problem with any of them. The easily survived several horseback hunts, as well as the recoil of my RUMs, and they tracked well, and held their zeros just fine. Impossible! 
The CENTER will hold.
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FÜCK PUTIN!
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Bobin, my bad, no doubt, hard to beat a Conquest for value as optics superb. STILL waiting on a 6x....one day I may just take a 3-9 and use blue tape or loc-tite and make my own 
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I owned four AV 3-10x42s, and never had a problem with any of them. The easily survived several horseback hunts, as well as the recoil of my RUMs, and they tracked well, and held their zeros just fine. Me too.
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country."
Robert E. Lee
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Amazing how a Z3 sold very quickly on the classifieds today when they're supposedly crap. I'm just sorry I didn't get to it first!
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I have an older 3x9x36 A NOVA (predecessor to AV) that I got for a song in the mid-90s. I have used it extensively, have some likes and dislikes.
LIKES: It is better in dim light that it should be, and has gotten game that other scopes wouldn't have been able to discern (in legal shooting light early a.m.). Until that past fall, it has been repeatable and durable.
DISLIKES: Power ring assembly is way too big, bulky. Eye relief poor; not even close to Leupold 2.5x8 (though a pretty forgiving eye box). I found it wandering a few inches in the vertical plane this fall (luckily at the range, not on game); could have been enough to miss a big game animal. It's at Swarovski USA, has been there for almost two months, nothing heard (that's certainly not the way Leupold treats its customers, but in fairness, when I spoke to them on the phone before sending, they said it would take a month to six weeks).
I expect I'll keep it when it gets back, again, because of it's light gathering capability in relation to its bulk.
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Well Im going to try the Z3 3-9x38 (plex) They list for $750.00. If I dont like it I will probably just sell it right off. Usually I can tell right away wether or not I like something or not. If I dont like it and decide to just sell it is anyone interested in it? Just let me know and I could save you a few bucks if I decide to sell.
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What the heck. Shoot me a PM if/when you sell. I might be interested.
Thanks.
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