Thinking about picking up one of the remnants of discontinued Leupold VX-6 inventory in the next few weeks. The 2-12x42 seems like a really good option. Prices are good, well under $1000 right now. Generally reported to have some of the best glass for less than $2000+, back when they were selling near MSRP. The 2-12 is reasonably compact and light. You can go with the small caps that come with it, or larger turret knobs when you exercise the CDS option.
I'm thinking keep it simple with a FireDot duplex reticle. It's a 2x red dot that plays well with astigmatism, which should be good for fast and close, like pigs and deer in the woods, various kinds of animal defense (maybe not for charging coastal brown bears - I mean in the other 49 states), and at the other end, 12x should let one put good hits on anything big enough to hit with a .308 at any reasonable distance. Not for machining paper from 1000 yards, but taking critters off their feet and ringing some steel. CDS dial configuration gives some options for quickly working past point blank range in a more detailed fashion than just holdovers.
The overall package is smaller and lighter than many lesser scopes with a narrower range, giving them a higher low end and lower high end. This is the benefit of throwing money at the problem. And because they are "old" and therefore "no good anymore," they are now (comparatively) affordable versus what they have been.
Boone & Crockett and the FireDot LR duplex reticle are also available. I haven't had a chance to use them all, but I'm thinking the simplicity of the FD duplex would be superior for fast/close and low light scenarios.
The only bad thing I can find reported about them is that the dials may not track well on some examples, but there are far more reports from people saying the VX-6 is GTG in that respect, unlike lesser Leupolds. And Leupold can be expected to fix it if it doesn't track.
Can anybody talk me out of this being a good idea?
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Originally Posted by OlongJohnson
