Fixed power vs adjustable power scopes

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I like fixed power scopes but there isn’t the selection there is in variable power. Most reviews say that variable power scopes are at their best at mid-2/3 of the highest power I think most people, myself included, buy variable power dial it th the fixed power we want and never touch the zoom ring and just end up paying for power we don’t use.
 
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I usually only buy scopes that are clear at max power otherwise they get returned. Goes for cheap and also high end.

Lately it's the FIRST THING I Check I zoom them all the way to MAXIMUM ZOOM POWER and if it isn't clear Then it gets returned simple as that. Nothing else Will matter if it doesn't do as they should at max power. I don't even bother to check them at lower magnification because whats the use if you can't use the entire zoom range clearly?
 
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Comparing my Leupold competition 40x45 to NF NX8 4-32x50 the glass on Leupold is as good if not better and its a $1000 less expensive scope.

As for competition shooting I found that fixed power scope only works for me for BR kind of competition where you only shoot one target at known distance, in FT where you got few targets at one lane in different distances I'm having trouble to find the target at high magnification and need to dial it down. 

But everyone is different and what works for me may not work for others.

B
 
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The versatility of a variable power scope was/is much more beneficial that any extra clarity I got from fixed power scopes. 

That BSA 4-14x44 was my go-to cheap scope for 2-3 years until Athlon came out, I think I've had 4 of them. Unless they've changed they have very blah glass, but for the price you can buy them for now they are a good alternative for "what they are".

Being in the position of "caught between a rock and a hard place" and "no matter which direction I looked I couldn't find a solution" when it comes to scope choices, features combined, etc, I inevitably either bought a "STOP GAP" scope, or I just bit the bullet and spent the extra money for a better scope. If you buy a used scope with a good warranty(this is your STOP GAP scope) you can use it for a year or so and sell it for about what you paid for it, then with the money you've saved you can get the next step up in quality. This is the way I've gotten into what I considered the best scope money could buy at the time. 
 
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I usually only buy scopes that are clear at max power otherwise they get returned. Goes for cheap and also high end.

Lately it's the FIRST THING I Check I zoom them all the way to MAXIMUM ZOOM POWER and if it isn't clear Then it gets returned simple as that. Nothing else Will matter if it doesn't do as they should at max power. I don't even bother to check them at lower magnification because whats the use if you can't use the entire zoom range clearly?
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I had this year 6 scopes in a shopping cart, btw the Alpha6 as well, but @ checkout nobody wanted to mail them to Canada, And I got emotional dealing with those sources now and on.

Comparing my Leupold competition 40x45 to NF NX8 4-32x50 the glass on Leupold is as good if not better and its a $1000 less expensive scope.

As for competition shooting I found that fixed power scope only works for me for BR kind of competition where you only shoot one target at known distance, in FT where you got few targets at one lane in different distances I'm having trouble to find the target at high magnification and need to dial it down. 

But everyone is different and what works for me may not work for others.

B
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I hear lot of counterfeit Leupolds, looks like one of the favourite Brands out there. Scary to invest into Leupold, especially if never had in my hand before.

My OP question is clearly educational, I don't have preferences yet.

My main interest is shooting fixed distances. Indoor 20M is overkill with .25 and my closest FT air games range is at the opposite corner away from Toronto almost 1.5 hours Hwy drive w/o a traffic, I may visit once in a while but for sure will not be my routine place to go.
 
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Look at these what happened to me another week.

I wanted to buy a red dot, tried couple and decided to go for Sig Sauer Romeo7.

The price in US is $200 and the price for the same in Canada is $400. The difference in price includes - US exporting fees + Canadian importing fees + paying for a middle man. On top of everything comes a Tax, to pay to my Mr.President aka drama teacher.

I got pissed pretty bad, I am NOT paying to fegets. and I got my toy in my way.

I am not an impulse buyer (learned that along my line) I will spend my time researching and learning, and a big THX to you folks for understanding and THX for a HELP.
 
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Have you checked with European gun sellers?

▪Krale (Netherlands) is often quicker at your doorstep than a regional seller. 

▪The gun sellers in the UK seem to be better informed than US companies when it comes to selling "defense equipment" over the border. I was going to buy a Falcon scope there and all I had to do is fill out a form, and send it back (I think with a copy of my ID), and the sale was a deal.



Matthias
 
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Have you checked with European gun sellers?

▪Krale (Netherlands) is often quicker at your doorstep than a regional seller. 

▪The gun sellers in the UK seem to be better informed than US companies when it comes to selling "defense equipment" over the border. I was going to buy a Falcon scope there and all I had to do is fill out a form, and send it back (I think with a copy of my ID), and the sale was a deal.



Matthias
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Hi Mattias, any EU webstore you can line up for us from across the "pond"?

I was getting my archery and biking parts (not just some common components but more like exotics or upscale) much faster from EU/UK (airmail) vs US (ground shipping), and the prices were very competitive.
 
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bigHUN,

maybe you can explain what you mean with "lining up a EU store"...! 😄

I usually shop in the US, as I have more visitors from the US than from EU (you noticed that I live and shoot in Peru, faaaaar down South ✔️).



However, I can help with language difficulties (German, Spanish, the others I have long forgotten), like when you have questions for a seller or don't know how to fill out your order online.



And I have ordered parts for people who had for one reason or another trouble order, because of a credit card from the "wrong" country, or other complications with shipping, customs — the typical stupid stuff we have to battle with when overseas.



Matthias


 
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bigHUN,

maybe you can explain what you mean with "lining up a EU store"...! 😄

I usually shop in the US, as I have more visitors from the US than from EU (you noticed that I live and shoot in Peru, faaaaar down South ✔️).

......I can help with language difficulties (German, Spanish, the others I have long forgotten)...
Matthias

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Oh, thx for clarification, my mistake came from a misreading your name " Matthias ". I assumed have something closer to do with Germans :)

btw I speak also 6-7 languages including german as I spoke it way before english was invented. Me originally from central EU as my name hints.
 
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bigHUN,

well, your forefather Atilla was mighty with the sword — and his descendents are mighty with the airgun and with the word (the word in foreign languages that is).



Very cool indeed! 👍🏼 For me language learning was almost always a big struggle, mostly because I had no good reason to learn them — they were just required by some educational authority.... 🙄



And yes, I actually am German, not just owner of a German sounding name...! 😄 And then my career paths have taken me to other continents — and usually to places that have such great airgun laws that my suffering German brothers in air arms can only dream of.



Matthias
 
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bigHUN,

............For me language learning was almost always a big struggle, mostly because I had no good reason to learn them ...

Matthias
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Learning languages was easy in EU, once grow out of diapers we just started travelling every weekend just everywhere across the continent, pickup a girl or new friends here and there, and btw you would want sometimes to communicate ;) not just socialize as well. It was (80's and 90's) easier there then here now in Canada. A closest bigger city to Toronto is 500 kilometres away driving on Hwy, over there I would be already in an other country :)

Last time I sent my boys (14 and 17 at that time) to my grandparents, they joined with some hitchhikers all over SouthWest EU for weeks. Fortunate to them, today those ares have the most migrants/refugee crisis.
 
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