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The Vortex optics have an excellent warranty. Leupold has its good points and bad the are easy to get behind and use. I'm a fan of Trijicon's illuminated post reticle but they are spendy. most guys try to put too high a magnification optic on their rifle which may be fine for the bench but not a good choice in a hunting application. be aware of how the size of the objective relates to how bright the image looks a 6x42 scope is very bright in low light 42 divided by 6 = 7mm exit eye pupil that is as bright as you are likely to be able to use. So if by some chance you have a 3-9x42 then when it gets dark dial the scope down to 6x or lower to brighten the image. similarly a 50 mm objective will be max brightness at 7x but the bigger the scope the less user friendly it is in the field due to size and weight. I would look at 2-7x and 1-4 or 1-6x scopes and hunt that probably not over a 3-9. One can custom order Leupold Custom shop scopes with different reticles or target type knobs etc so a guy could have say a VX3 with a balistic reticle or target knobs. The down side to balistic reticles is they only are true at the maximum power of the scope with a 2nd focal plane scope. One can use a Mil Dot based reticle for range finding and for know hold over by running a balistic chart in MIL to know what the mil dots correspond to for their particular bullet and caliber. Some tactical scopes are 1st focal plane so the reticle is true at all powers of the scope. good luck

<blockquote data-quote="Urimaginaryfrnd" data-source="post: 3175246" data-attributes="member: 20789"><p>The Vortex optics have an excellent warranty. Leupold has its good points and bad the are easy to get behind and use. I'm a fan of Trijicon's illuminated post reticle but they are spendy.&nbsp; most guys try to put too high a magnification optic on their rifle which may be fine for the bench but not a good choice in a hunting application.&nbsp; be aware of how the size of the objective relates to how bright the image looks a 6x42 scope is very bright in low light 42 divided by 6 = 7mm exit eye pupil that is as bright as you are likely to be able to use.&nbsp; So if by some chance you have a 3-9x42 then when it gets dark dial the scope down to 6x or lower to brighten the image. similarly a 50 mm objective will be max brightness at 7x but the bigger the scope the less user friendly it is in the field due to size and weight.&nbsp; I would look at 2-7x and 1-4 or 1-6x scopes and hunt that probably not over a 3-9. One can custom order Leupold Custom shop scopes with different reticles or target type knobs etc so a guy could have say a VX3 with a balistic reticle or target knobs.&nbsp; The down side to balistic reticles is they only are true at the maximum power of the scope with a 2nd focal plane scope.&nbsp;&nbsp; One can use a Mil Dot based reticle for range finding and for know hold over by running a balistic chart in MIL to know what the mil dots correspond to for their particular bullet and caliber.&nbsp; Some tactical scopes are 1st focal plane so the reticle is&nbsp; true at all powers of the scope. good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Urimaginaryfrnd, post: 3175246, member: 20789"] The Vortex optics have an excellent warranty. Leupold has its good points and bad the are easy to get behind and use. I'm a fan of Trijicon's illuminated post reticle but they are spendy. most guys try to put too high a magnification optic on their rifle which may be fine for the bench but not a good choice in a hunting application. be aware of how the size of the objective relates to how bright the image looks a 6x42 scope is very bright in low light 42 divided by 6 = 7mm exit eye pupil that is as bright as you are likely to be able to use. So if by some chance you have a 3-9x42 then when it gets dark dial the scope down to 6x or lower to brighten the image. similarly a 50 mm objective will be max brightness at 7x but the bigger the scope the less user friendly it is in the field due to size and weight. I would look at 2-7x and 1-4 or 1-6x scopes and hunt that probably not over a 3-9. One can custom order Leupold Custom shop scopes with different reticles or target type knobs etc so a guy could have say a VX3 with a balistic reticle or target knobs. The down side to balistic reticles is they only are true at the maximum power of the scope with a 2nd focal plane scope. One can use a Mil Dot based reticle for range finding and for know hold over by running a balistic chart in MIL to know what the mil dots correspond to for their particular bullet and caliber. Some tactical scopes are 1st focal plane so the reticle is true at all powers of the scope. good luck [/QUOTE]

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