RE: 10x or 12x scope for deer hunting?
This year I took a pronghorn antelope at the longest range I have ever had to shoot ( 413 yds lasered). I used a VARIXII 3x9x40 and never felt I needed more magnification even on these small antelope. I would rather have a scope that goes down to 2x or 3x than have more power at the top end. I see no use for anything above 10x on a big game rifle. If you strictly hunt huge fields out of a fixed blind maybe it makes sense, but not in the timber I hunt.