Thread: Time for a scope upgrade?

I've never been in favour of higher magnification scopes on hunting rifles, seen too many stuff ups over 35 years of guiding. You dont need high magnification to shoot a long ways out, but you do need good glass - bloody good glass! 2-3X is great for bottom end in the bush, and 10X should be fine way out to 5-600 and beyond. The VX3 are just too limited, eye box is fussy, and FOV aint that great. However the VX5 is an excellent all-round scope. If it was readily available in mil, 2-10, and dialable for that rare long shot, then I'd be all over it.
Spend as much as you possibly can and then some. Buy once, cry once. And then if you want to extend out beyond 300, then practice, practice, practice!