Both mine and my wifes rifles are topped with Leupold VX3 2.5-8. We've used them here in NH where we just leave them on 2.5 (50 yards is a long shot) and we took them to WY this year they worked great, game was taken at 50,50,120,176 yards and while I missed I had no problem trying a 300 yard shot on a pronghorn, the 8x was fine.