Leupold Fixed 6

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I have an fx-ii 6x36 and it is becoming one of my favourite hunting scopes. I have and have hunted with the vx3 2.5-8 and find I have never shot game with it below 4x. I've also hunted with a 4x, and while it was darn near perfect as well, the 6x doesn't seem to give up much for me and find I need a little extra X these days.

When I need to adjust it; the clicks are solid and move POI exactly as it should (can't say the same about all my leupolds). It is easy to get behind and just works well!

Tell me your thoughts or experience using a fix 6 ... leupold or otherwise.
 
Despite having used variables over decades, I realized that for hunting, I have seldom moved above 6x. I have replaced variables with fixed 6x scopes with my favourite reticle (#4) and have been very pleased since. I have been successful on hunts out as far as 400 yards, and have never felt I need more magnification. In addition to Leupold, Meopta, Schmidt & Bender, SWFA make excellent fixed 6x scopes. For me, I would not feel the need for anything else.
 
years ago i too realized i never turned my scope past 5x or 6x so quite a few of my hunting rifles now wear mostly leupold 6x 36's, one meopta 6x 42, a nikon 6x and one sightron bigsky 6x. i never feel under scoped. to me the sweet spot would be 5x so a 4 or 6 is perfect. out of all my 6x scopes the meopta stands out as the brightest and best glass. all of them are plain good hunting scopes.
 
chappy said:
years ago i too realized i never turned my scope past 5x or 6x so quite a few of my hunting rifles now wear mostly leupold 6x 36's, one meopta 6x 42, a nikon 6x and one sightron bigsky 6x. i never feel under scoped. to me the sweet spot would be 5x so a 4 or 6 is perfect. out of all my 6x scopes the meopta stands out as the brightest and best glass. all of them are plain good hunting scopes.
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I didn't know Sightron made a 6x. I have a big sky 3-12 on my 17hmr which has been bomb proof and brilliant as well. Sure like to find one of those kicking around to try out. Never had any experience with Meopta but that's interesting to hear as well.

Good to hear others share a fondness for the 6 as well.
 
I've used a redfiel revolution 3x9 on my moose gun for the last ten years and it has been on 6 power the whole time.there was a time some years ago we were up by Churchill and there seemed to be what looked like a rack in the brush at about 400 yards,no binos with us and my buddy had 4x18 or 16 bushnell of the cheaper ones you bought at the northern bay stores and used it at max to verify and it was,now to call it in.but that was the only time went past 6 in 40 years.
 
I used a 4X for years and have taken more than 200 big game with that scope and rifle combo. Most real world hunting shots don't need the big zoom. My main rifles now have 3-10 variables but I usually have them set on 3X throughout my hunts.
 
I had the Leupold fixed 6x42 scope on ym second 6.5x55 for a couple of years.
Great scope that gathered lots of light.
I found that as I hunt a lot of thick brush, that not being able to turn it down to be an issue for still hunting those thicker stands...ok in the more open aspen stands, and fine out in the open fields and meadows. Went back to a variable.
While I seldom crank up to max power when hunting (5, 6, 8, 10, and/or 14 power depending on the rifle/scope combo in use), I do find it helpful when using at the range for sighting in, practice and load development, where I can zoom in on the paper target better. Also keeps me in the same shooting position on the rifle for groups, vs having to move to look at the target through the spotting scope between shots/groups.
 
Duncan Idaho said:
I have a couple of the Simmons 4X32 for my rimfire. Great little scope for the price.
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I have them on my Tikka 204 ruger, Savage 17Hmr, Savage 22Lr and Savage Axis 223 Remington - when I hunt the max power I use was 4x that's why I replaced all my scopes to these ones. As long as I can hit a 4 inch circle at 200 yards with my 204/223 I am good - I can usually put the group inside 2 inches. For me, it's all I need for varmint hunting etc. No longer in the preci$$ion game.
 
It depends!

All of us here being hopeless gun nuts we typically have more than 1 hunting rifle. I have 2 Leupold 6x scopes and find them quite nice.However, I do have variables on my "serious" hunting rifles for a few reasons.

1- I like to fool around with different loads for my serious hunting rifles, eg. trying some new whizbang bullet that not only kills them drt, but guts and capes the critter. So for load development I'll crank up the magnification.

2-When hunting mountain game I'll sometime crank it up for a shot, like watching a bedded ram waiting for him to stand up.

3- same type of hunt,(mountain hunting in the west) if I'm packing out at end of day with a pack full of bloody meat, I like to crank down to the lowest power (2.5 or 3) in case Mr. Grizzly heard the dinner bell and is on his way to meet me. In that situation I want a low power, big field of view.

My $0.02.:cheers:
 
I've run a 6x on my 7mm Weatherby for years upon years. I only switched it to a 3-9x Burris Signature because a) I had it laying around, and b) I'm hoping to draw for elk in Alberta either this year or next and expect to need a little extra reach.
 
I use Weaver's Classic K4 and K6 on several of my rifles and like them very much. I also have their Classic V9 (3-9x) on a couple and a B&L 4-12x on one, but I have come to think that if something is too far to see it well enough with 6x it's probably too far for me to be shooting at.
 
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Buddy gave me a 270 with a fixed Leupold 6.

I like it. I don't think it's too powerful for those sudden 10 yard surprise shots and just right for 100 out to 200 as well.
 
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