Leupold FX-3 25x40mm, 50-200 yards, .22 hornet

Bobby Ironsights

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Hi.

I'm exclusively a paper puncher, I never hunt. Don't even have my hunting licence, have no intention to hunt, won't lend my rifle to anyone who will hunt with it.

I shoot at fixed ranges of 50 meters, 80 meters, 100 meters, 200 meters.

I'm interested in getting a good fixed power high magnification scope to test ammunition with on my .22 rimfire target rifle which always wears peeps, and to later mount on my Single Shot Savage Model 40 Varminter .22 hornet, which will mostly be shot at the 200 yard range, indoors, from the bench.

I've found the leupold fx-3 25x40mm selling for about 600 bucks U.S., which seems alot better than going to the 35x leupold competition series selling for a grand american, or more, but am not sure about the min focus range on it.

Anyone own this scope?

Thanks,
Bobby,

P.S. Yes, the FXIII 25x scope is a fixed power target scope.
 
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I'm exclusively a paper puncher, I never hunt. Don't even have my hunting licence, have no intention to hunt, won't lend my rifle to anyone who will hunt with it.
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Not even one little itsy bitsy gopher?
 
There's a thing about optics called exit pupil. That's the diameter of the light circle exiting the scope. The bigger the better (more of your retina receives light).
A scope's exit pupil is the objective diameter divided by magnification. 3-25x40mm gives a 13mm pupil at 3x and only 1.6mm at 25x. You need VERY BRIGHT lighting to see something at that magnification.
 
Are you talking about the fixed 25X?

Should be alright. Kind of limiting, but for your intended use, should be tops. Mount it low as possible and post pics. :D
 
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... exit pupil. That's the diameter of the light circle exiting the scope. The bigger the better ....
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Up to a point. Any exit pupil bigger than the actual opening in your pupil is wasted light. For young adults, the typical maximum is 7mm. By middle age, most of us can only get our pupils open to 4-5mm.
 
25x should be more than enough for your intended purpose. A buddy of mine has a fixed 36x Weaver and it messes with my mind a bit by amplifying all my minor twitches movements, and heartbeats. I run a 8.5-25x50mm leupold and I love it. I can dial it down if mirage gets hateful or crank it on nice days. I do like the extra 5x over my 6.5-20.
I too am a big advocate of the exit pupil. If for no other reason the other consideration I find is getting behind the scope is far more forgiving when you are trying to find your target looking through a 1.3mm hole compared to a 2.5mm hole. Things just seem to line up faster for me.

For stationary static target shooting a this may make absolutely no difference to you.....and until you can compare first hand it can easily be unjustified.
 
If your prepared to drop $600 on a target scope you really owe it to yourself to look at the Sightrons from Mysticplayer. They seem to offer better optics then the FX3 line and are known for having VERY precise turrets which is a huge thing for target work.
Leupolds are a great scope (I've shot silhouette with a fixed 12) but there are other and somewhat better options in that price range.
You definately want something with a target-based retical which is generally 1/8-1/4MOA dot on a very fine crosshair, that mught have to be custom ordered in the Leupold.
Cheers,
Grant
 
I have a 30X- FX3 3/8 dot and use it for silhouette. Tracks great and bright, Very happy with quality. It is lighter than the BR36 i also have and helps make weight.
 
I use a few competition Leupold 40x scopes with the 30mm tube and find them very nice and bright, but strictly for benchwork, useless out in the field. The objective on these is 45mm, so not too big.
 
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