Thread: Do you really need an expensive 6x zoom scope?

I think it depends on the rifle and its use and if you have a safe full of options to choose for a day on the gongs, bush stalking, tops hunting, night hunting.
I dont I just have the one rifle that does all those things so it wears a VX6 2-12......if I was to do it again I would go 3-18, I thought at the time 2x would be the mutts nuts for in the bush but now I think the 2x is unnecessary even in very tight bush and 3 power is as low as I need.
I had a 4.5-14 vx3 with side focus but the 4.5 was a touch to much sometimes and the side focus was always in the wrong place when a quick shot presented itself.
If I had a dedicated bush rifle and another open country one I am sure 3x adjustment on both would be heaps.