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Help me pick a scope
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<blockquote data-quote="joseytoo" data-source="post: 2445098" data-attributes="member: 111508"><p>I agree 100% Rose! I don't even know how many 3.5x10x50mm A.O. heavy duplex Leupolds I have on hunting rifles. That is the scope that I use to compare all others to. If you take that scope, on a clear, full moon night, and get all of those really high dollar scopes out you will be surprised. Not many can hold up to that test. My brother loves NF, and pays a lot of money for them, but in that side by side comparison the NF can't stay with the old VXIII. I have done the same with very high dollar S&B scopes, but to my tired old eyes the Leupold held up at least as well. We use heavy duplex because when you start to lose light the crosshair is the first thing that goes. The heavy duplex looks like a normal fine duplex under low light, and they are available for reasonable prices sometimes.</p><p> I bought my Daughter a Rem 700 with a Simmons Presidential on it years ago. That was Simmons top of the line scope at the time. She was in a climber, in heavy timber, just before dark, when a wallhanger walked right under her. She could see him until she looked through her scope, and then things went dark. When we got home I pulled the simmons off and put a 3.5x10x50mm Leupold on, but it was too late then. I have recently started using a 30mm tube Zeiss Conquest with a #60 reticle (Illuminated Dot), they are amazingly bright in low light. But that is just my experience, Your results may vary!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joseytoo, post: 2445098, member: 111508"] I agree 100% Rose! I don't even know how many 3.5x10x50mm A.O. heavy duplex Leupolds I have on hunting rifles. That is the scope that I use to compare all others to. If you take that scope, on a clear, full moon night, and get all of those really high dollar scopes out you will be surprised. Not many can hold up to that test. My brother loves NF, and pays a lot of money for them, but in that side by side comparison the NF can't stay with the old VXIII. I have done the same with very high dollar S&B scopes, but to my tired old eyes the Leupold held up at least as well. We use heavy duplex because when you start to lose light the crosshair is the first thing that goes. The heavy duplex looks like a normal fine duplex under low light, and they are available for reasonable prices sometimes. I bought my Daughter a Rem 700 with a Simmons Presidential on it years ago. That was Simmons top of the line scope at the time. She was in a climber, in heavy timber, just before dark, when a wallhanger walked right under her. She could see him until she looked through her scope, and then things went dark. When we got home I pulled the simmons off and put a 3.5x10x50mm Leupold on, but it was too late then. I have recently started using a 30mm tube Zeiss Conquest with a #60 reticle (Illuminated Dot), they are amazingly bright in low light. But that is just my experience, Your results may vary! [/QUOTE]
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