I still can't understand why you guys (you know who you are) even need 10X scopes on big game hunting rifles??? My most used rifle these days has a 1.5 x 6 on it.

You loose a "lot" of field of view with those big scopes, your carrying around a lot of extra weight and many hunters try to use them for binoc's. I think the biggest scope i've ever had on a "serious" hunting rifle is 2.5 x 8 and it's served me well. Another thing, those heavy scopes make the rifle "top heavy" and harder to carry.

Those of you that like to read about the "old time hunters", keep in mind most of them figured you never needed over a 4x, and they didn't.

I'm not telling you to sell it, i'm just saying that a 2x7, or maybe a 2.5x8 Leupold would be all i'd ever need on that rifle for the rest of my life...

Drilling Man