Low Powered Scopes 1x -2x are very handy

Winelover

North Central Arkansas
The #4 is what's on my Leo VIII 1.5 x 5 lighted reticle. Couple of weeks ago, shot a yote, though the throat...........could only see the head/neck due to slope of land. Scope was set at around three power.
 

Rushcreek

Well-Known Member
I just got another K2.5 and a K1.5 from online auction. I’ve put the 1.5x on my 20” AR and I think I’ll like it. 1.5x does make things look farther away- but much clearer so it’s okay. Works perfectly indoors, too.
I’m leaning towards putting the K2.5 on my 44-40 for the fun of it. Maybe put one more deer in the freezer.
 

Mitty38

Well-Known Member
I have 3 rifle Scopes.
A Ted Williams 4x that came on the Sears 22 it still sits in. It's what I learned with.
Then 2 3X9's one a BSA that sits on a .22 set on 3. Why on a .22. Because why buy a scope when you have one. It never goes off 3x
The other a Vortex, that sits on my Bushmaster upper, also set on 3x, most of the time.
I seem to favor the x3 setting the best. But it is nice to have the x9 there, just in case. Especially on the 450 Bushmaster. However I really have never needed more then 6x on that gun. And I have killed yotes at 250 yards with it.

I had a 1.5 Red dot. But I just seam to do better with open sights on the shorter range stuff.

I just like using Aperture type steel sights, or Williams 3 dot on anything closer then 50 yards.
Accept when hunting Squirrel. Then the old Sears with the 4x comes into play for head shots at 25 yards.

I seem to aquire shots fast enough with 3 or 4 x. But....
I use both eyes to aquire the target and leave them both open during the shot. I think my astigmatism is actually an aid when it comes to that. I can see two pictures, a small and a large one. Interposing them in my mind.
 
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Rushcreek

Well-Known Member
I was very pleased to find a 1970’s vintage 6x Redfield that looks brand new in and out for $120 in Arizona last Wednesday.
The clerk let me take it outside to look through it- then I paid him quickly!
Tikka 30-06; meet your new eyes!
 

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Congratulations! I waited almost 12 months to buy a Leupold 6X from the last production run. While I was emailing them, they had a waiting list of over 50 folks trying to buy one. Last of the fix powder full size scopes.

Always liked the Redfield's of that vintage because of the longer eye relief and long body. Being a short-ish person, that would let me mount it on factory rifle stocks and have full field of view.

Enjoy your new scope!
 

CWLONGSHOT

Well-Known Member
I also like the fixes 6

I hunted for one couple years ago when I got my dads Winchester 43.

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I bought a Nice period 6x Redfield with a dot reticule but stumbled upon this Weaver with a duplex and snapped it up.

CW
 

CWLONGSHOT

Well-Known Member
I have a soft spot for old Leupold 2x7's myself.
Ooh YES!! I have far more 2x7's that all Others combined!!
Just something about the combo. Of them the VXII Leupold 2x7x33 matte is my favorite. I changed to the 2.5x8 VXIII but like the VXII better. Redfield 2x7's are nice but short lived.
CW
 

MW65

Wetside, Oregon
I really love my fixed leupolds... a 6x on a 6.5 creed, a 4x on a 788, and also have a wide view Redfield 4x on my Sav 99. Great tools for the field...