brnsvllyjohn
Active member
We have a new deer hunter this year in the group and he has limited experience with scoped rifles. He has hunted with shot guns a lot more. Not a lot to hunt around here with a scoped 22 but he does shoot one at the range.
Now the gun is a Tikka youth in 7mm-08. Our choices are as follows. All of the scopes have a standard 4 plex type crosshair.
1. Leupold fixed 6 and it has been on the gun for 2 years. Very accurate gun and good clear scope.
2. Leupold Vari X 2 3 x 9. Scope has been on a couple of other guns and has never lost zero and is in great condition.
3. Leupold Vari X 3 2.5 x 8. This scope was my favorite and I have taken more deer with this scope than any other scope I own. This scope lived on my 7 mag for 20 years and it never lost zero. It was briefly on another 7mm 08 when it was new.
I like the idea of having the 2.5 x 8 as my backup scope in case something breaks mid season on any of our deer rifles. Of course any of the scopes mentioned can be a backup scope for some one and the 6 power has served that roll at least once for a hunting buddy.
I am not sure we should do anything but some think changing to a variable is the way to go. I used a fixed 4 power Leupold until I was over 30 years old. I think having a fixed power scope for a beginning hunter makes life simple. A fixed power scope cannot be on the wrong power and less things to think about for a young hunter. Just checking to see what others think about variables in a hunting situation with an inexperienced hunter.
Now the gun is a Tikka youth in 7mm-08. Our choices are as follows. All of the scopes have a standard 4 plex type crosshair.
1. Leupold fixed 6 and it has been on the gun for 2 years. Very accurate gun and good clear scope.
2. Leupold Vari X 2 3 x 9. Scope has been on a couple of other guns and has never lost zero and is in great condition.
3. Leupold Vari X 3 2.5 x 8. This scope was my favorite and I have taken more deer with this scope than any other scope I own. This scope lived on my 7 mag for 20 years and it never lost zero. It was briefly on another 7mm 08 when it was new.
I like the idea of having the 2.5 x 8 as my backup scope in case something breaks mid season on any of our deer rifles. Of course any of the scopes mentioned can be a backup scope for some one and the 6 power has served that roll at least once for a hunting buddy.
I am not sure we should do anything but some think changing to a variable is the way to go. I used a fixed 4 power Leupold until I was over 30 years old. I think having a fixed power scope for a beginning hunter makes life simple. A fixed power scope cannot be on the wrong power and less things to think about for a young hunter. Just checking to see what others think about variables in a hunting situation with an inexperienced hunter.