I would mention, personally, I found a difference between the 1-5 vs the 1-6. Found the 1-5 just lacking, but agree with the sentiment of a 1-6 Leupold. No need for a CDS.
I would check the trajectory of your bullet on a ballistics app. Hornady is free and preloaded with various calibres and ammo. You will see that a 50 m zero is not great. The bullet starts 2 inches low and touches zero only at 50 m before dropping off. A 100 m zero is better, being withing 1 inch of zero from about 30 m to 100 m. A 50 m zero results in the bullet only being within 1 inch of zero from about 40 m to 60 m.
I followed the advice of a few members here putting mine together. It’s a new production 416 Rem Mag. I got a Leupold VX-6HD 1-6x Firedot on one of the sales that’s currently running. It is the CDS version. I found that iron sights on my rifle were dead on at 40 yards. I used Warne steel bases and rings to mount the scope and add some weight. I need to do something about the overhang on the front base. My two groups with starting load of 300 grain TSX with H335 have been Sub 1” at 100 yards. Zero has held just fine through 30 rounds off sticks and a lead sled while ladder testing powder charges. I looked through the Vortex Razor HD 1-10x24 and Sig Tango 1-6 and the Leupold really impressed me compared to them. The Razor would have been acceptable at a MUCH lower price point, but it is a rather large scope, which I didn't like. The Tango was a very quick no. Leupold seems to have figured something out at the 1x and 2x magnification that Vortex and Sig haven’t- at lower levels of mag the Leupold image has much, much less distortion. As others have said, with the Firedot at 1x, the VX6 is functionally similar to a red dot. But a 200 yard shot will be much easier at the available 6x zoom level.
