well guys i was looking over the specs of the Nikon 2-7 and the leupold vx2 2-7 and they seem very comparable with leupold having a little more eye relief and a better FOV.
Nikon--fov=9.5@7x, 33@2x. Eye relief=3.8, 44mm eye piece, exit pupil=4.6-16
Leupold-FOV=44@2x, 17@7x. Eye relief=4.20, 40mm eye piece
Burris fullfield 2-FOV=45@2x, 13@7x eye relief-4.1, 39mm eye piece, exit pupil=5-17
Now here is my other dilemma. I don't baby my stuff at all and i noticed my Nikons are a little more rugged as far as the rubber eye pieces, bells, housing, etc.
How does Leupold compare to Nikon for being banged around? I've had sling studs come out of polymer stocks, slings come undone and drop the rifle, guys knock it over when leaned against the truck, falls, lowering it from the stands and it bangs the tree or goes to the ground a little too quick.
I think the eye relief might help me a little more with this being a lever action but never had an issue with the cva and eye relief but that is shaped different. it seems the leupold is better in terms of fov, eye relief, etc so now im about 80% leaning that way.
i also noticed the burris to have the magnification built into the eye piece. is this good or bad?