NF are too heavy for a calling rifle for me, too. I don't ever dial on a calling stand either though.
I put a VX5 HD 2-10 on my new AR. Went with the VX5 for size, weight, glass, price. I'm thinking the fire dot ox 2x might be actually pretty cool jump shooting jackrabbits too (one of the main uses for the rifle). If it does work well for that, it would also be good for close in fast action coyote. But I haven't done anything but shoot groups off the bench with it so far, so can't yet say how I really like the fire dot. And to be clear, I'm not using the fire dot to shoot groups
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It's set it and forget it application for me, so the mushy clicks just don't matter. And I can't say how they track, I haven't attempted to test it. I might try and put it in Steve's test fixture sometime, it's on a QD mount so it would be easy, but, it really doesn't matter, for how I'm using it.
I will say, the clicks do feel like mushy garbage. Just going be feel, they sure don't inspire any confidence.
Glass is real nice though, real, real nice. I bought it at a well stocked LGS and just had them put every variable starting with 1x to 2x they had on the counter. That didn't weigh a ton and didn't cost over a kilobuck. Honestly was not expecting to walk out with the VX5. But, I did... Glass, size, weight, price, reticle (I wanted a simple, unadorned reticle with no Christmas trees or mil dots) - and that fire dot intrigued me. It was just the sweet spot for me, for this application.
Like I said, all I've done with it so far is shoot groups. Over 200 rounds worth of groups. It's certainly holding zero on the AR and the few clicks I've given it to tune zero did what I expected them to. Can't help but be suspicious of the tracking and repeatability of the clicks under semi regular use. But, for all I know they'll hold up fine under your intended use.
- DAA