Primary Arms SLX 2-12x40 Nova Riflescope

The Primary Arms SLX 2-12x40 Nova covers a six times zoom ratio starting at 2 power. That bottom end is unusually low for a scope that reaches 12x, and it is the useful part: at 2x the scope behaves much like a low power variable for close targets, then winds up to 12x when the shot is longer than a low power reticle wants to handle.

The 40mm objective keeps the assembly compact and the mounting height reasonable, which matters on a scope meant to ride a general purpose rifle rather than live on a bench. A 2-12x range also asks the shooter to do less magnification management than a high power scope does, since most field shooting happens somewhere in the middle of that span - the scope spends its time in its comfortable zone instead of at either extreme. Nova identifies this particular configuration within the SLX line.