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    Quote Originally Posted by 7mm tragic View Post
    I've been doing heaps of research on scopes lately and in my travels read a couple of Chuck Hawks articles lamenting the fact that most hunting rifles are over scoped and the fact that scope manufacturers are moving away from light weight, lower magnification scopes.
    I think they have a valid point.
    While I would like to have an illuminated reticle, it means at the very minimum a 50% increase in weight, and often a busy reticle which to my mind defeats the purpose of an IR.
    The Vx3HD in 2.5-8 would be my pick, however for the money (assuming I can find one) it doesn't offer much advantage to my Viper in 3-9. (3 oz's and a zero lock turret)
    Graham Henry was lamenting loss of small fixed power scopes 30 years ago
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