Originally Posted by
davemuzz
If your target shooting from 300 to 600 yards, you really don't need a variable scope. Like the others have said, a fixed 20X or better will do ya just fine. I have 2 Leupold VX-3's 8-25X with the Varmint hunter reticule's. One is on my Savage .223 factory Precision Carbine that helps make it (along with my hand loads) one heck of a tack-driver. The other is mounted on my Savage M-12 action with a Shilen barrel chambered in 6.5 Swede. Those groundhogs at 600 yards are not only fun to shoot at….but I usually score better than they do.
Also, if I set the 8-25X Leupold scope on the lowest 8X, I can easily and clearly see a whitetail deer at 25 yards. That's the beauty of a higher end scope.
But, if your just going to hunt, a lower end 3-9X will do you just fine, and a high power fixed for the range will do ya just fine.
FWIW
Dave