50yards parallax vs Leupold vx2 efr/ao

For most shooters, more weight means better offhand as it limits more wobbles. When I competed in offhand shooting, I actually added weight to my riflevto help steady it. My vote is always Leupold as no one can match there warranty!!

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I have owned both scope you are asking about. I still own the Leupold, and sent the SWFA back. Yes, it is very light weight. But the lack of AO was a problem for my old eyes.

Both scopes don't really have an ideal reticle for airgun use at various distances.

I had the Leupold 3-9x33 EFR and I thought it was a really nice, lightweight scope. Glass was good and the image was pretty bright considering it was just a 33mm objective. My only issue was the fine duplex is indeed quite fine; the reticle could be difficult to find in low-light situations. On the flipside of that, the fine duplex does allow you to tuck a pellet into very tight spot and it never obscures your target.

But, overall, it's very nice scope, particularly for its price.

50-yard parallax would be a deal-breaker for me. Things at 25 yards are too fuzzy and even worse at 15 yds. If you added a 50-foot adapter to your VX-2, then you would have an ideal scope; in my opinion, though I'd prefer 3-9x40 EFR.

I use a Leupold Mark AR 4-12×40 OA Mil-dot with the 50 ft. adapter for a barn rifle and squirrel hunting.

I have two older Leupold 3x9x33 EFR scopes that are simply timeless. The crosshairs are perfect size for me being thin enough for target but not too thin to get lost in the background if hunting. It is a nice versatile basic scope with no real drawbacks for all around basic shooting. You can easily move it from gun to gun and distance to distance etc. I agree it is not the best at dawn and dusk but you really have to get into a larger heavier scope for that.

If you are going to shoot in that nice tight 20-50yds you could get any Leupold or Burris fixed parallax scope and have them adjust parallax to 35yds. I have a Burris 2-7x35 that was factory set to 100yds parallax. I had Burris set it to 40yds and it is in incredible scope for hunting tree squirrels 20 to 60yds. It's really clear, just point and shoot with a huge field of view and Ballistiplex reticle. It kicks butt on my EFR's for that particular purpose.

Buying a longer distance fixed parallax scope and having the parallax adjusted is WAY less expensive than an EFR. You can have many different specialty reticles available. They are not as versatile as an EFR.