Re: 2.5 X 10 X 32 NF
Chain,
You are smart.
Those TWO pound scopes are over-built and not necessary even for government contracts. They're like Bentleys; a luxury item for those who can afford them and mainly to be looked at rather than actually used all that much.
How many Bentleys have we heard of having on it a million miles?
The reasonable sized 2.5x10 NF allows more comfortable mounting for cheek weld because the objective isn't so large the rings must be high requiring the shooter to chin the stock. With lighter barrels on hunting rifles a scope can be mounted lower and since hunting stocks have more drop at the comb than tactical or prone stocks these scopes offer more comfortable shooting on a hunting rifle to me. Finally, lower means lower all together - lower knobs - less snag, etc. Down here we're used to crawling through briars and vines looking for a deer we should've shot better and they seem go into the biggest thicket around.
Light, low, fluted, skinny, bedded (the chamber along with the action), braked, reduced.
Binoculars allow us to see all necessary. They're for glassing.
A 10x scope is perfect for shooting except for benchrest competition.