Like most people after a time you end up with a small box of spare scopes . Of all the ones I have tested to use , only those few that I want to keep are either fixed mag , or if a zoom , were found to be at their best at only a single fixed mag power ( usually at x3 or x4 on a 3-9x40 ).

And I was surprised that some big name scopes I had been keeping back and never tried , that just happened to be zooms , were utterly dreadful especially when compared to some budget makes .