I'm with the others on the 4X. Even that is none to much for old eyes. I use a Leupold 6.5-20 on my .17 HMR, for prairie rats and mostly leave it on 20 for 100 yds. plus. I also have a VXII 2-7X33 Leupold that is very handy. I changed the parallax distance to 75 yds. I might sell it, if you're interested. It's not on a rifle right now. I have a Leupold 3-9 EFR on my Kimber .22. Great scope!
JL

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