OK....got my left handed Browning Stainless Stalker in 7mm. Mag. finished with its barrel break in, so now it's time to top it off with a scope.

I've used Leupold mostly, a few Nikon Monarch's, and 1 Zeiss Conquest.

From what I've read, the Conquest seems to be the pick of the litter.....BUT.....while the 3.5X10X44 that I had was super bright in low light....I really didn't care for the crosshair. It was great for precision target shooting, but not enough "thicker" crosshair to get you on target quickly in a real life hunting situation.

I'm thinking of going with the 4.5X14X40 Leupold Vari-X III or my old standby 3.5X10X40 Vari-X III

Any ideas or opinions??? I looked at the 4.5X14X44 Zeiss Conquest and it's HUGE!!!!!! Much larger scope than I was expecting.

Any help would be appreciated.