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Took the rig to Houston this week and placed second in a Patrol Rifle competition. Missed first place by about 2", pulled an A Zone shot at the end....but I lost to a friend so it didn't hurt so bad.

I'm really liking this set up. With the VX6 I can do a lot of good work from 5-500 yards. If I ever put a different scope on it I'll do some accuracy testing. But the current reticle I've got covers a lot at 100 yards and it's hard get precise testing done.

Had a chance to compare that VX-6 side by side to anything in low light? That is the only thing that keeps me from springing for one. I'm still eyeing the 1.5x6 Burris because of its 40mm objective.

No, but I will.

Have you looked through that Burris yet? A friend got one for 3 gun and I played with it outside a bit and thought it was horrid. The FOV was so narrow that it hurt my eye to transition quickly to new targets at 1.5x. The same friend had a a Burris 1-4 and it was far and away my favorite, even with a 4x top end. He had so much trouble at the TXMultigun Surefire match that he sold it and got a Vortex 1-6.

I have not. I have and am well pleased with a 1-4x XTR. As I'm sure you know, a scope with a low magnification that is more than say, 1.1x is a liability in a 3gun match, too many pistol distance targets. I learned that a long time ago with a 2.5X scout scope. A 1-4X, set on 1x, will spank even a forward mounted 2.5X at 7-10 yd. Double that distance and the advantage goes away.

Was your friend's 1.5-6x the MTAC or the XTR?

what reticle is in your VX-6?

TAK, I'm not sure but I'm almost certain it was the cheaper model (which I think is the MTAC). FWIW, Burris has a LE / MIL program that will help offset the cost if you get one and decide you don't like it.

The Multigunner Firedot. If I had it to do over again I'd get the duplex with CDS reticle.

In fact, my firedot has been blinking when I shoot so I'm gonna send it back in and when I do, I'm gonna try and get the reticle changed out to something like their long range duplex.

That VX-6 with an illuminated LRD/CDS just might turn out to be THE all-purpose scope. 6X is enough magnification to see anything that most of use have any business shooting at and a true (or very nearly true) 1x is obviously what you want up close. I'd just like to see how it'll gather light.

I ain't no glass guru but it seems to me that a 1-6X that is the approximate size of a 2.5-8X Leupold would cover all the bases. There is no substitute for objective diameter in low light.

Very nice bluedreaux!