New rifle scope

Would not do a scope like that on a hunting rig. It's not necessary. One of the scopes I have sold a bunch of and am pretty impressed with is the Leupold vx5HD 3-15x44. $999.99 and great. I hate leupold hunting stuff unless you are talking vx5 or vx6. The optikas are very nice and I sell a bunch but they are less streamlined.

Somebody is pissed off and downvoting everything in this thread.

Another vote for VX5 3-15

I’ll disagree on 257s view on max range. I have easily shot my vx5 out to 600 yds. At that distance you can’t see the target impact with anything so higher power isn’t going to help with that. I shoot 600 a lot with my NF ATACR 5-25x56 and Vortex Razor 4.5-27x56
I have a vortex razor spotting scope and I can’t see impact at 600yds with it either.

I have that very version of the Meopta. Only had it a couple of years, but I’ll say, it’s excellent glass. I have pretty good binoculars and the scope is good for quite some time at dusk after the binoculars have checked out.

I only buy Meopta scopes for my hunting rifles. For the price you can’t beat the quality. I’ve been looking at the Optika6 scopes, will probably be my next purchase.

I prefer a low mag with a wide FOV for a hunting scope. A target/range scope doesn't matter.

You never really said what this will be for...hunting, range work, do it all, etc. will you be carrying the rifle, do you like to dial or holdover, etc.

Assuming do it all, I have a vx6 2-12 on the rifle sitting next to me in the blind. Not too heavy to carry (but not super light either) Had the crosshairs on a doe at first light this morning. No problem. was even able to quickly discern the small rack on a yesrling buck as he came through the brush in the near dark.

Have also shot Steel out to 700 with no issues.

Like some have said, I prefer a simple scope for hunting and I keep my shots inside my maximum point blank range. I don't want to be adjusting focus and elevation in the heat of the moment.
I won't get into the debate of what distance stops being hunting and becomes shooting but when you get down range it becomes more difficult to find exactly where your target was standing in order to locate those first couple drops of blood.