TaperPin
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That’s a very functional magnification - good suggestion. I had a hunting buddy that couldn’t get excited by a fixed scope, but he left a well used 3x9 turned to 9x for years at a time. I’m pretty happy with 8x as a general purpose big game scope, and have always liked 12x for coyotes - a 10x covers an awful lot of hunting situations outside of short range timber.The fixed 10x is in stock in both MIL and MOA, and many guys on here give it rave reviews as an extremely functional hunting scope. It's a SWFA, so you know it holds its zero and tracks as good as any scope out there for hunting. There are some better options from Maven and NF, but as a budget-conscious guy myself, function is the top priority for me.
The loaner 243 that gets a lot of use in our family has always been just fine for antelope/deer with a 6x, but a little hard to see smaller varmints with it, so it might get a 10x this year.