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Trooper,
You are correct that a 2X is plenty for almost all hunting and is about the best for the range of a .44mag.
I have a .308 encore that is sighted in for 200 yards and practice with it regularly out to 300 - I can still hit a 10 " circle at 300 in the field and can do a bit better off the bench. It wears a 2- 6 power bushnell 3200 scope. most of my range time and sighting in I have it on 6 power.
That being said I have ALWAYS left it on 2x in the hunting field and have never needed more power when hunting. The field of view is too small at higher powers. My longest shot was just over 220 yards at a nice 6 pointer a few years ago and it was with the scope set at 2x. one shot and the 150 gr NBT went right where it was supposed to....
Leupold, burris and Bushnell are the best, with leupold having a slight edge in quality. IMO
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