It would seem that we modern men have much weaker eyes than our forebears. They happily took to the hills and woods with 3x and 4x fixed scopes and brought home the venison. Now it seems that 6x is too low for most to be able to see their quarry and all the time we are told how much better modern things are
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To answer the OP's question I would acquire and fit a scope of fixed magnification, although new these are getting harder to find
as most are seduced by the "Gun Whores" words and must have a huge variable scope.
IMHO 6x42 is a very good size and for general use I would not suggest more than 7x magnification. Even 4x in a good scope is actually plenty for stalking.
Others of course will disagree
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The variable scopes I have are all set on 5x or 6x magnification unless sighting in a new load where as per some makes instructions the scope is set using the highest magnification.
My 7x57 has a 4x36 Pecar Champion fitted
25-06 Schmidt & Bender 6x42
30-30 7x50a Meopta
270 Majestic Fwt 3-9x42 Lisenfeld set on 6x
270 Monarch 4x32 Nikko Special Sporting
6mm Rem 7.5x50 CSS Falcon
Darn it am having trouble Remembering what is fitted to what
. Had a bit of a swap around just before the hassles and now am not sure which scope is fitted to which rifle.
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