Leupold VXIII 3.5x10x40mm

[Dock Boy]

Just purchased a new rifle and this is a bit big. Any thoughts on the Leupold VXIII 2.5x8?

[machohorn]

I have ( I think) 2.5 x 10 x50 , It's a bug ole beast but does it let the light in. I hunted with a 4 x 10 many years always left it on 4, Now I always leave it on 2.5, You should be just fine unless you hunting close 20 yards or so. Where I hunt I can only see about 50 feet in 1 direction and up to 100 yards the others, well guess where the deer come from. My old 4 x 10 never had a problem, that was until I looked through my new one , lol

[FishinFools]

Don't know if you've made your decision yet, but I have the VXIII 2.5-8x on my Browning Stainless Stalker in 7mm Rem Mag. If there is a better scope on the market, I have not seen it. Just my opinion, but this scope is amazing.

[jay83196]

Great scopes, I have several leupolds I also got a zeiss conquest last year I like a lot also.

[leechlake]

I have a few VX 2's, I have a 1-4 on a 35 remington, a 2-7 on a .308. I only hunt in MN where the shots are pretty close. Having it at the lowest power allows for less issues in finding a moving deer in the scope.

If it's light transimission aka seeing in low light I believe that if you divide the lens objectivee (let's say 50mm) by the magnification (let's say 10X) you get 5. The human pupil only lets in 4 so no matter what your scope does it is limited by the human pupil. As long as your highest magnification of your scope divided into the objective number is 4 or higher you've reached the highest light transmission possibe. I think I am correct on this, feel free to correct me.