Hundo, I’m right there with you. Trying to decide on either the Leupold M5 3.6-18 or Nightforce 4-16. Only reason I took the NF 2.5-10 off was be of price compared to the 4-16. I find this zoom range to be preferable. Some say it’s better to have the extra mag and not need it. I gree with that statement on a tactical or competition rifle, but on something I have to hike in with, sometimes miles, I start leaning to the shorter and lighter optics. 14x is more than enough to do double duty for competition and hunting.