I'm in the process or putting together a rifle for mostly range use, just a paper puncher. I was pretty sure that I was going to go with a 36x fixed power scope, either a T-36 or SII. The problem is the more I read about these high power, fixed power scopes though, the more I find people saying that if it is hazy out or too hot the mirage can make it difficult to shoot good groups and a variable is better so you can adjust for different conditions if needed. I wanted to see what people who have this type of scope have to say about it. Also while I would love to have a nightforce scope, that isn't going to happen any time soon, my wife is in college, we have a 22 month old baby and i'm the only income for our house. I do have about $400 set aside for optics which will get me into either of the scopes listed or a nice variable in the 6-20X, or 8-32X range. Which way did you guys go and why?