Count me amongst those seated firmly on the fence - - -
I use, and like, both fixed and variables.
Leupold M8 IER on Savage Scout
Couple of old Weaver K-4s
Simmons 4x on a 10/22
Simmons 3-9 on Mark X .223
Redfield 3-9 on Ruger M77, .338
Redfield 3-9 on Ruger M77, .30'06
Leupold 3-9 on Ruger M77, .257
I tend toward fixed power, but end up with the variables on trades, mostly.
ExpatGator:
My wife, bless her gun-luvin' heart, has an old Bushnell ScopeChief II 2 3/4X scope on her Mauser Model 96 straight-pull 30-06.
Have I been wrong all these years? Thought the 1896 Mauser was a turnbolt. Anyway, glad for you all drawing out on mooses (meese?) two years in a row.
Best,
Johnny