Kimber SVT
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I hated mine so much that I sold the gun with it,just to get rid of the scope.The scope was clear enough,and held zero,but the eye relief changed dramatically as the magnification was adjusted.I hated having to move my head back and forth when the magnification was changed.
Then you might as well have a fixed power scope.
If the field of view is the same or greater,I really couldn't care how much of the housing you see.The Zeiss conquest 6.5x20 has a larger field of view at both minimum and maximum magnifications,despite the fact that unlike the Leupold it actually goes to 20x.
I didn't give it away,the buyer really wanted the 700vssf in 22-250 that it was mounted on,so I got a good price for the package.
As for a rimfire scope,even the lowly elite 3200 3x9x40 on my modified 10/22 allows constant 1/2" five shot groups at 50 yards with remington 22 target loads.If you are into serious target competition,you can have the parallax adjusted for the range that you intend to shoot at.Leupold offers this service for their scopes with fixed parallax.
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I'm a big fan of the Zeiss Conquest with the Rapid Z reticle. I happen to own five of them for my Centerfires and no Leupolds. That being said the 6.5-20x Conquest only has parrallex down to 50 yards. The other lower magnification models only go down to 30 yards. This doesn't work for me. I shoot indoors at 20 yards during the winter, in the summer, 25 yards outside, 50 yards, sometimes even 100 and 200 yards. It's a varmint/target rifle not a serious competition rig. Otherwise I'd go with the 36x target scopes for bench rest, something in the 3-9x for hunting etc.
As you can see for this type of rifle and it's intented purposes, the adjustable objective works perfectly. I also suspect you're mixing up the Leupold centerfire scopes with this model. The EFR are designed for air rifles. They go down to 10 yards and the adjustable objective is on the outter bell not the side focus model.
For it's intended purposes I'm happy with the scope. For my Ruger 10/22 which I currently have a Burris 3-9x on I'll be trying out a Falcon Menace 4-14x 44mm.
I'm really not a Bushnell fan. I find there are too many compromises which would be fine expect the prices have gone up to a point where you shouldn't have to settle for any compromises. The reticle I find is also a big dispointment for that scope. It's too bad the 6500 could have really been a home run. Instead it's more like a home run hit but your runner gets tired and only makes it to second base
.This is the scope I owned.
http://www.leupold.com/hunting-and-...ii-riflescopes/vx-iii-6-5-20x40mm-efr-target/
If the EFR is designed only for air rifles,why does it also have the range estimating feature on the magnification ring that reads to 100s of yards?
This is a target scope that is air rifle rated,which means that it will withstand the recoil of high powered springers,but it is not marketed as an air rifle scope at the Leupold link that I posted.
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Yup that's the scope. I'm happy with it for this rifle.
The scope says "air rifle" right on the AO (the writting on the golden ring). Obviously I'm aware that it works for rimfire or I wouldn't have bought it. That being said I wouldn't use this scope for centerfire. I'd use the regular VXIII or Zeiss Conquest.
So ummm Stubblejumper, did you really buy an air rifle scope for your 22-250?
Thought you'd save a couple hundred eh? I'll give you the fact that on a 22-250 that scope would suck. But that's not what it was designed for. On a .22 it's very nice. You should have coughed up the extra money and got a centerfire scope.
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