I'm just the opposite Ron. It's one of my favorite features. I'm about at the point if a scope does not have the fast focus eye piece I don't want it.

Yep, we are indeed opposite about the eye piece. Me, i like the focus to be 'locked', while i am traipsing around looking for something to kill. You know, i kinda feel about the loose focus, the same as i feel about breech plugs that can be readily removed without a tool. Both, to me, are a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, and may very well may be a problem, where there was none.

I don't consider a finger removed BP as solving a problem, but more of a nice feature to have.

Solved the problem of having to stand on a damn wrench and jump up and down to break one loose that got crudded the heck up. I love the heck outta my easily removed BP from TC! Was almost like a dream come true!

A 3-9x40 or 50mm is what I consider my ideal scope. Almost exclusively, my shots are less than 100 yards and a significant portion are 'bow range'. The 9 power is nice to be able to crank up when needed but I keep it on 4x. I like the 40 or even 50mm scope for the light gathering capabilities.

I'll take a bit less light to have a scope mounted low for a better cheek weld.

Ah the differences in locations, hunting conditions and preferences....

Because I may hunt either the woods or over large agricultural fields, I prefer a variable for shots that could range from 40yds to 300yds. My specific choice was the Leupold VX6 3-18x50 CDS w/Firedot, which maintains its zero at any magnification.

The CDS turret, like Ron's, was made for the specific load I'm sending in yardage. The rifle is zeroed at 200yds, then any change in distance is just dialed on the turret, marked in 50yd increasements. Only a single reticle with less task saturation than multi-reticle scopes.

The custom McMillan stock keeps the cheek welded.

For the T/C plains rifle the muzzle loader I bought just for the purpose of putting a scope on I installed a T/C take down mount with a old Weaver K4 fixed 4 power I got at a yard sale for $5.00.It has worked flawless for going on 30 years now. I also have one on a 22 rim fire I found at a pawn shop for $10.00 after the guy figured no one was going to pay him $50.00 for it.



Al

Thats an awesome scope Barnes Addict! Wish I had me a few of those!!

I think where Semi was going with this thread (correct me if I'm wrong) ... was finding a scope that fits his criteria/needs/wants that is of pretty good quality AND not super expensive.

If money wasn't ever an issue, we could all find what we want that fits our needs and desires. Heck, Leupold literally has about 150 options and a custom shop above that, and obviously they make quality stuff. Other top end manufacturers are similar.

The problem is finding something that fits our needs/wants/desires, and does the job well - and is within budget. There really aren't alot of options in the "pretty good quality / easy on the wallet" category. Lower end scopes by Leupold, Vortex, Sightron, Redfield, Nikon...and probably a few others. Then it becomes which of those fit your personal desires.

For me personally, if $ was never an issue, I'd probably have upper end Leupolds on everything I own. But as it is, I can't justify that - I have too many guns, most don't get shot much at all, or not nearly enough to justify spending that $ on. So I (like many of you probably) have to find a reasonable alternative that combines needs/personal preferences/quality/budget. For me, it has been the lower end Sightrons. I'm sure there are several others that would fit for me as well, I've just had good luck with them and so thats why I've been partial to them, considering quality/price/features.

18x for 300yds? Seems a bit much.

A 4x scope at 300yds will be the same as 1x scope will be at 75yds.