Picking a low powered Leupold...

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Niko

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Well, I think that I've got things narrowed down to either:

VXIII 1.75-6 x 32

OR

VXIII 2.5-8 x 36

It's going to be going on a Whelen bolt gun. I'm figuring on shots inside of 150 yds. Price-wise, I think that they are pretty much the same. Does this come down to the old "six of this, half a dozen of that" arguemnt? Just wanted to know if there were any real practical differences or if people think more highly of one over the other. Or is there a dark horse in this range that someone might be able to suggest? Let me know.

Thanks in advance for your comments!
 
Leupold's website states that the 2.5-8 is the 'brightest' scope they make.

I have one and like it the best of all my scopes.
 
Mea Culpa Dogleg.

Now that I think of it, it wasn't Leupold's website.

It was in a recent magazine article, and was a comment made by a representative of Leupold to the author.

I'll dig it up and quote it here.
 
Silverado,
Is that Latin for "My bad"?:confused: ;)

Niko,
Back to your question, you could go either wayand still have made a fine choice. It will depend on whether you value the low end more than the high. I've had 2.5, 2.5-8 and 3-9 scopes on my own .35 Whelen and prefer the last two out of those. I've got 4 VX111s coming, one of those is a 1.75-6 with heavy duplex for my .416. It would work great on the Whelen as well.
What bolt gun is your .35 on, the CDL?
 
Thanks for the replies, Fellas. Yes, the scope is going onto a CDL. I've had the 2.5-8x suggested by a few people. One concern I came across in my reseach was the length of the main tube. I read a comment that said that the scope could not be moved back far enough for proper eye relief.
 
Niko,
The tube is quite short on the 2.5-8, so if you need much adjustment back towards you may be out of luck with standard mounts. That's not a problem for me as I shove all my scopes all the way to the front and hope that it's enough. Shorter tube scopes often barely bridge the two sets of rings with almost no for and aft adjustment. Without being able to put my hands on a long action Remington at the moment I'd still bet that there isn't a lot of extra tube to play with. On the other hand, with Leupold's long and non critical eye-relief you may find that it works right where it drops. I'm 6'1" and my 11 year old son has no problem shooting my rifles. He's about 5 foot nothing. On some rifles we have to turn the power down a bit.
For sheer mounting versatility it's hard to beat a VX111 3.5-10 or a 3-9 in a VX11 or VX1 with their longer mounting area. It's hard to conceive of an application where it won't fit both the rifle and the shooter, and if not be the perfect power range at least it'll be close enough to work. This trait is great for marathon gun swappers.
If I read your post wrong, and yur problem is that you can't get far enough away from your scope to see through it, then the 2.5-8 does have slighter less eye-relief than it's longer tubed brethern. About 1/2" less to be precise.
 
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