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

Yes, Ulti, I agree. I read a similar review recently.

My S&B 3-12x tunnels from 3.5x down. Quite difficult to pick unless you hold the rifle in a rest and carefully wind it down. Being FFP, the reticle is very fine on 3x, difficult to see except in good light. So, it's a 3.5-12x scope. And that is a very good range for my use. I could shoot a smaller group with a mate's 5-25x56 (on 25x) but that's not what my rifle is for and skiting rights on the range aren't worth carrying the extra weight and length for. At the low end, 3.5x is plenty low enough and I never really had trouble when I used a fixed 4x either; its having a good cheekpiece and scope setup plus plenty of dry fire practice make for good useability. The S&B does have better FOV at medium powers than most other scopes, including VX3, but not by much.

I've been looking for a new scope and had decided I don't need 2.5x, 2x or 1.8x. Maybe they say if you're "going into a room" or craweling under scrub for a lion or a wounded pig, but not for snapshooting deer in the supplejack.