Baffles me.

[casey36]

Maybe I'm not understanding because OP specifies high magnification ranges.

Higher power usually means bigger scope body.

 

[flyfisher117]

I like big scopes and I can not lie.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I threw my suppressor on my model 7 yesterday. Feels a little goofy to have an 18” barrel then throw a 7” suppressor on it. Shoots nice though! Apparently my scope choice is acceptable
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To me, as long as the overall barrel plus suppressor length is under 26", then I think it works out well.

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[plebe]

He was a very young man. Early teens I would say. I didn't say anything. My original post here was just an observation, not a condemnation of somebody's choices. They are personal, just as my opinion on the subject. As I age, I like light, compact rifles more and more. It just seems counter productive to burden them with a heavy, long scope. I'm slowly losing my ability to walk because of degenerative bone disease in my lower back. I'm pretty much forced to go light and be less mobile more than any time in my life. As I said, it's just a observation. It is however becoming more imperative to me because of the health problems.

There’s a number of possible explanations that wouldn’t seem extraordinarily baffling. Also true that it might be a bit of a head scratcher to the crowd. Or a mix of both. I guess we’ll never know.

I happen to have a model seven. I currently have a 1-4x on it.

Here’s something that might be interesting to look at:

Leupold VX3HD 6.5-20x50 = 20.8oz
S&B 1.1-4 Short Dot = 20oz
Trijicon Accupoint 1-6 = 19.2oz
Nightforce SHV 3-10 = 22.2oz
SWFA 6x = 20.6x
Minox ZP5 5-25x56 = 34oz

Sorry about your back.