I've got mostly zooms in the safe. My favorite is a Simmons AETEC in 2.8 to 10, I've two one on the 8mm Rem mag and one on the 280 Rem mountian rifle. I use a 6 by 24 mil dot illumanated reticle on the Rem 700 243 VLS and an old 8 by 32 Tasco target dot on the CZ 204 Varmit. I like the wide range variables and as I'm getting long of tooth I like the higher power scopes on the varmit rifles.
As far as big game rifles and the AETEC's they offer a wide field of view at low power and thats one of the reasons there on those rifles. I've also got a 2.5 to 10 Weaver Classic and a 3 by 9 Weaver Classic on a couple of rifles and both of these are nice scopes, but the 3 by 9 seems much better than the 2.5 to 10.
I've had no problems with the 6 by 24, but the target dot on the 8 by 32 is easy to loose on a close shot. Every thing else I have has duplex reticles and they work great.
If I was in the market for a new scope I'd sure find some place where you can look thru them and compare. I used to stop at Cabela's when I was driving truck and it was fun to use a stock fixture to look thru different scopes. That's what led me to buying the AETEC's.
