Maven, Leupold, Trijicon, NF

[stayzeroed]

Here's a horse at 9X zoom with a 42mm objective at 43 yards. I think you're overestimating the "difficulty" of killing on 6x at 70 yards.

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I get what your saying, but that horse is standing still and you likely have a good rest.

 

[JohnJohnson]

No shade caught, but please understand the clarification that I made. I have not owned an LHT before, what failed in your optic? Does it seem to be widespread?

I used and then sold an LHT last year. I didn't experience a failure but the turret feel as far as the "clicks" was I think one of the worst I've ever felt. Astonishingly bad for the pricepoint. Though in my opinion the "glass" actually did quite well for its price.

 

[Strider]

No shade caught, but please understand the clarification that I made. I have not owned an LHT before, what failed in your optic? Does it seem to be widespread?

Clarification noted.
I had the original LH on a light .300wby mag. After maybe 50ish rnds it was shooting shotgun sized groups. Sent it in and was told it was "broken". Suprise suprise. They sent me the LHT 3-15. I honestly really liked the scope. The issues were almost all in zero retention and tracking. Had a lot of shots that broke perfect but impact wasnt where the shot was breaking. A lot of adjusting a couple clicks and the impact not following that on target. After hard use zero would be off by about 1moa. A lot of this Could have been mounting and the nut behind the trigger but after just switching to a know reliable scope on the same rifle my shooting somehow improved and there was zero silliness at the range. This was all before for I read the drop evaluation of the LHT which lined up to my experience.

Drop evaluation

Vortex Razor HD LHT 4.5-22x50mm Field Eval

Ryan Avery asked if I would review this scope in the same vein as the Meopta Optika 6 and Tanget Theta evaluations and I agreed. I get queried about these scopes almost as much as any, and even though I have seen poor performance from the prior LHT’s, this is a different design and will be...

rokslide.com

 

[AlwaysChasinTailNHorns]

Have a whiskey and for its price point I like them. However I had one before they had a zero stop and lost a deer that way. Moved up to a tango and wasn’t thrilled with it. So while I’d go back to a whiskey for a mid grade scope, looking for higher end and don’t think sig fits that bill

Totally get it man! Luckily I have the zero stop feature on mine but I just figured I’d toss my two cents in the hat. I will say I got two buddies who shoot trijicons on their rifles and they haven’t ever complained about a thing and I’ve seen those scopes go through the ringer in the back country and perform time and time again.

 

[Nards444]

Here's a horse at 9X zoom with a 42mm objective at 43 yards. I think you're overestimating the "difficulty" of killing on 6x at 70 yards.

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Guess it comes down to preference. I dont find that hard either. I routinely zero at 100yds on 5-6 power. Like I said where this scope will be used im not worried about taking 50 yd shots, deer dont sneak up on you in this terrain. Even if one did, Im willing to risk that small probability against having higher magnification at range.

 

[Macintosh]

I’ll be the first to say that I very, very, very strongly prefer a low powered scope for close range stuff, i can make 4-8x work at short range too, but its far from ideal especially if recoil is involved. Its just crazy easy to lose the animal from your field of view and not be able to pick it up again because one hop has it outside a narrow field of view. And its often a follow up or trying to stay on the animal becausenit moved just as you were about to swueeze the trigger, rather than just a simple first shot. I just dropped close to $1000 on a new 1-6x because the 3-9 Id been using was too narrow at 3x.

That said, this isnt the situation the OP is in and it doesnt seem this scope matters whether low magnification is 2x or 8x. I would be far more concerned with whether a reticle in a higher-powered ffp scope is usable against a broken background at all at 6-8x, than I would be about exactly what the low magnification is. I have a 5-25 and a 4.5-29 scope in front of me right here, and neither reticle is at all useable below about 8x if the background is at all brushy or poorly lit.

 

[Marbles]

I found the SWFA 6x to be poor at close range. Not hunting, but sub 10 foot brain shots on pigs that would not let me get closer, it was hard to make sure I was aiming at the correct spot on their head.

No applicable to the OP's situation, but I like a low low end magnification. The near defensive encounters were I thought I might need to DLP an animal have been sub 20 feet.

 

[diverc18]

Maven Rs1.2 2.5-15 is my pick. It never leaves 6x and have taken shots from 15 yards out to 400. Still have the option for 15x or 2.5x if preferred. And the reticle is great