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<blockquote data-quote="ofbandg" data-source="post: 1937670" data-attributes="member: 91402"><p>Variable scopes were too expensive when I graduated to scoped rifles. Most of the people in my neighbourhood used 4X Weavers which fogged when you changed elevation by more than a few thousand feet. </p><p></p><p>I once owned a WW2 British sniper rifle in .303. It came in it's own wooden case along with a detachable scope in a hard fibre case. It was a pointed post reticle with a crosshair and it was fairly low power but it sure was heavy. It shot well but the overall package had a carrying weight of around 15 pounds. My first good scopes were fixed Leupold 3 and 4 power and they worked good on animals out to 500 yards. I still have 3X on my 375 H&H and use it on moose at those ranges, but moose are a big animal. The early variables were neither as tough as the fixed powers or as bright. Variables have considerably more glass surfaces and a few decades ago we didn't have he light transmission coatings we do now. Some of those early variables were almost useless at dawn and dusk. </p><p></p><p>My favourite hunting scope is still a relatively low power 2 - 7, and I keep it on 3X unless I have the time to set up a shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ofbandg, post: 1937670, member: 91402"] Variable scopes were too expensive when I graduated to scoped rifles. Most of the people in my neighbourhood used 4X Weavers which fogged when you changed elevation by more than a few thousand feet. I once owned a WW2 British sniper rifle in .303. It came in it's own wooden case along with a detachable scope in a hard fibre case. It was a pointed post reticle with a crosshair and it was fairly low power but it sure was heavy. It shot well but the overall package had a carrying weight of around 15 pounds. My first good scopes were fixed Leupold 3 and 4 power and they worked good on animals out to 500 yards. I still have 3X on my 375 H&H and use it on moose at those ranges, but moose are a big animal. The early variables were neither as tough as the fixed powers or as bright. Variables have considerably more glass surfaces and a few decades ago we didn't have he light transmission coatings we do now. Some of those early variables were almost useless at dawn and dusk. My favourite hunting scope is still a relatively low power 2 - 7, and I keep it on 3X unless I have the time to set up a shot. [/QUOTE]
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