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[Bobcat]

I have noticed a lot of attention being paid lately to the good ol' 4x and 6x scopes. It seems a lot of hunters are going back to them, especially the 6x, and steering away from what has become the "standard" big game scope, the 3-9x40 variable. Have any of you mounted fixed powers on your hunting rifles? If so, why? I know they give you a better field of view and increased light gathering. I think a lot of it has to do with the old addage to "beware of the man with one rifle, he probably knows how to shoot it"! If you get used to shooting the same rifle with the same power and sight picture each time.......well, you tell me.......

Bob

[ICMCumin]

I still have the variables on mine, but don't mess with the magnification when game is in sight.

I had (note past tense) one of those super scopes with some extra bells and whistles and missed a shot when I was adjusting the scope rather than sighting the deer in - thankfully the buck returned a little while later and he went into the meat locker.....

But I learned a valuable lesson - stay simple.

When I predator hunt, normally keep it on about 4 power and don't touch it then either......

The only reason I like the variables is that I hunt under different circumstances and take different range shots - with my .243 as an example - 3 weeks ago was ram hunting taking shots less than 100 yards away. Someday I want to do a pronghorn hunt and the shots will be substantially longer.

anyway, my dos centavos worth.

[bakmc3]

i know i have done away with all my variables and gone to straight powered scopes,my credit cards will tell you i have tried most of them, and the best scopes i have found through other competitive shooters are the older weavers,the el paso made,the old steel bodies.the elevation knobs are true and the glass is realy the best i find.i shoot a 16x on my .223 and .243,but now i do have a 20x leaupold on my22-250,and it sure aint no better than the old weavers.i wont pass on a weaver if i can help it.

[Bobcat]

Those old Weavers are sweet glass! I am looking at a 6x42 Leupie M8 or Nikon Monarch for one of my rifles currently. Still thinking it over........

Bob

[Lonestar]

Bobcat.I have two rifles set up with fixed power scopes.The first is a TC .22 mag carbine with a 6x Burris HBR.I had this scope when I was shooting hunter benchrest competition.It has a fine cross hair and dot,so is not really intended for hunting purposes.The only ting I use this rifle on is turkey.The power is perfect for me out to about 80 yards with the .22 mag.The other rifle is an (EBR),RRA 24" Varminter.It carries a 10x old style Weaver with a steel tube.I've only had this gun built for about 6 months ,so have'nt used it for a hunt yet.But it has great optics out to 400 yards off the bench.I figure if the Marine Corps is using Leupold M4's with 10 power,that shoud be good enough for me.I think scopes have their own usefulness just as calibers do.Just depends on what they are for.Wayne Johnson

[buzzsaw]

Bobcat I have one 10x tasco supersniper mounted on a 24 inch bull barrell ebr (bushmaster lower, wilson upper). I was looking to make things simpler. This rifle is to heavey to carry very far. I am hopeing to go shoot p-dogs this comming summer with this gun included in the group of rifles.

[Ricochet]

I still have a Weaver K4W (with the TV-shaped eyepiece lens like the old Redfield Widefields) on my Ruger M77 that I've had since 1984. Of course, it is the one I can barely keep on a paper plate at 100 yards...