I drove up to Kansas in late May for a dog shoot and I had two Leupold VX3s in 6.5-20x40 and an 8.5-25x50 (both with varmint hunter reticles). They did just fine but it would have been nicer to have one fixed scope in 36x or more. I never dialed back my variables below 18x and that was just when the mirage got too bad.
Personally, for me, I can do 10x by just dialing down my higher powered variables. So, I can do more and probably better with my scopes than your fixed 10x ... I can always go all the way down to 6.5x and 8.5x for close range work. These scopes are flat-out brilliant in the lower powers.
I say get the most powerful variable you can afford, and enjoy looking through them ... not back.
I also have since purchased a Weaver T-36x for the next time.
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