rdf009
Single-Sixer
I recently bought a tang safety 77-V .25-06. Previous owner floated the barrel, pillar bedded the stock, etc. I plan to use it for mid to long range (200-500 yard) coyote and groundhog hunting here in Ohio with 75 grain bullets, and hopefully a prairie dog hunt in Wyoming this Summer. It probably will see use for West VA whitetails someday (can't use it on deer in Ohio, but I can for coyotes....figure that one out). I'm also thinking it might be a nice one to take on an antelope hunt.
Right now the rifle has an older 12x fixed power Leupold. It's a nice classic scope with pretty good glass, but for hunting I would much rather have a variable scope.
I have narrowed the options down to these two:
Leupold VX-2 Adjustable Objective 6-18x40 with the Long Range Varmint reticle (about $525 and keep my current rings)
OR
Leupold VX-3 4.5-14 (30 mm tube) Side Focus with Varmint Hunters reticle (found one for $650 shipped, plus $70 for new Leupold rings, so I'd have $720 total in the package)
I've never had a VX-3, but I have a few VX-2s that I like a lot. I think that I'd REALLY like the side focus feature of the VX-3, rather than the adjustable objective on the VX-2. The extra couple hundred bucks for the VX-3 isn't really an issue (not that I'm rich....or else I'd be buying a Swarovski Z5), but I want to make sure I'm gonna like the scope before I drop more money on it than the rifle is probably worth. Plus I can sell the 12x fixed power and get a couple hunded back. They seem to be goin for $250-$300.
Here are the questions that I have about the VX-3:
Is anyone using the Varmint Hunters reticle on a .25-06 (or similar), and how does it work with that caliber? All of the reviews that I've seen on it have been for .223s, .22-250s, and .243s.
Is the glass on the VX-3 series REALLY that much better than that of the VX-2s?
How much more convenient is the side focus parallax adjustment in comparison to the adj. obective?
As I said, I don't mind blowing an extra couple hundred bucks........just as long as it's going to be money well spent.
Any advice would be helpful.
Thanks.
- Russ
Right now the rifle has an older 12x fixed power Leupold. It's a nice classic scope with pretty good glass, but for hunting I would much rather have a variable scope.
I have narrowed the options down to these two:
Leupold VX-2 Adjustable Objective 6-18x40 with the Long Range Varmint reticle (about $525 and keep my current rings)
OR
Leupold VX-3 4.5-14 (30 mm tube) Side Focus with Varmint Hunters reticle (found one for $650 shipped, plus $70 for new Leupold rings, so I'd have $720 total in the package)
I've never had a VX-3, but I have a few VX-2s that I like a lot. I think that I'd REALLY like the side focus feature of the VX-3, rather than the adjustable objective on the VX-2. The extra couple hundred bucks for the VX-3 isn't really an issue (not that I'm rich....or else I'd be buying a Swarovski Z5), but I want to make sure I'm gonna like the scope before I drop more money on it than the rifle is probably worth. Plus I can sell the 12x fixed power and get a couple hunded back. They seem to be goin for $250-$300.
Here are the questions that I have about the VX-3:
Is anyone using the Varmint Hunters reticle on a .25-06 (or similar), and how does it work with that caliber? All of the reviews that I've seen on it have been for .223s, .22-250s, and .243s.
Is the glass on the VX-3 series REALLY that much better than that of the VX-2s?
How much more convenient is the side focus parallax adjustment in comparison to the adj. obective?
As I said, I don't mind blowing an extra couple hundred bucks........just as long as it's going to be money well spent.
Any advice would be helpful.
Thanks.
- Russ