Lower Magnification, Large Objective Lens, Forgiving Eyepiece Needed, Suggestions?

Zedbra said:
I have been impressed with the quality of glass and toughness of all my Nikon scopes, have 4 of them now.
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I looked at a Nikon Prostaff 3-9x40 in the store and the Burris Fullfield II had superior light, colour and sharpness, of course it was $150 more though.
 
One of the most forgiving scopes I've ever used is the Leupold 6x42 FX3. It is so easy to get along with that it's hard to
do anything wrong. It doesn't seem to matter much where your eye placement ends up, heck you might be able to do cartwheels and still see through the scope. The 42 mm lens will still produce a 7mm exit pupil, which besides providing lots of light gives a larger sweet spot to align your pupils with. That's the biggest reason marine binos have moderate power and large objectives; it makes them useable on moving boats.

There's a AO version, with turrets if you feel like you need those features. It was made for Hunter Benchrest.
 
Dogleg said:
One of the most forgiving scopes I've ever used is the Leupold 6x42 FX3. It is so easy to get along with that it's hard to
do anything wrong. It doesn't seem to matter much where your eye placement ends up, heck you might be able to do cartwheels and still see through the scope. The 42 mm lens will still produce a 7mm exit pupil, which besides providing lots of light gives a larger sweet spot to align your pupils with. That's the biggest reason marine binos have moderate power and large objectives; it makes them useable on moving boats.

There's a AO version, with turrets if you feel like you need those features. It was made for Hunter Benchrest.
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Reminds me that I had a Leupold fixed 6x scope with AO. Excellent scope with amazing brightness. Then sold it on a whim. :rolleyes:
 
Dogleg said:
One of the most forgiving scopes I've ever used is the Leupold 6x42 FX3. It is so easy to get along with that it's hard to
do anything wrong. It doesn't seem to matter much where your eye placement ends up, heck you might be able to do cartwheels and still see through the scope. The 42 mm lens will still produce a 7mm exit pupil, which besides providing lots of light gives a larger sweet spot to align your pupils with. That's the biggest reason marine binos have moderate power and large objectives; it makes them useable on moving boats.

There's a AO version, with turrets if you feel like you need those features. It was made for Hunter Benchrest.
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Sounds like what I would need but in a 3-9 power. A VX/1 or 2 in 3-9x50 would be in my price range and probably work well for me. On a more of a budget I see a retailer that has a Prostaff II in 3-9x50...
 
Slamfire said:
$319.99 for the Nikon Prostaff 3-9x50mm from Cabela's -

http://www.cabelas.ca/product/32154/nikon-prostaff-riflescopes

Hard to say if the Leupold VX-2 3-9x50mm for about twice the money is twice the scope?? :confused:
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I really don't know... I'm under the assumption that the Prostaff is around the Rifleman series in quality and the VX-1 and 2 are better. That's just going on what I've been reading on the forums. I do see that particular Nikon scope cheaper at a sponsor.

The VX-2, 3-9x50 @ IRG is around $536 CDN when you factor in the exchange (my bank rate right now)...
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After a few years, guessing a new $300 Nikon could be sold for ~$150, and a new $600 Leupold could be sold for ~$400? 1/2 vs. 2/3?

But net loss is less with the Nikon, $150 vs. $200 ?
 
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Looking through my buddy's new Vortex PST 4-16x50 everything is clear downfield at night (looking down the street at night even at 16x) but those crosshairs are so thin... EBR-1 reticle it says on the box. I know it illuminates but I'll have to read the instructions as there must not be a battery in there.

Nice scope, maybe I have to spend $1000 like my buddy did for something to work for me :runaway:

Crosshairs that thin would be a problem for me in daylight. Something like these 2 would be way better for me... the 2.5-10x44 Vortex seems to be a front runner I'm thinking. Wish I could peer through a VX1 or VX2 3-9x50 to compare.
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