Rifle Scopes : Varmint-PD scope 1k-1.5k range

I had a Zeiss Conquest 6.5-20 on my varmint rifle, and foundthat I very rarely shot at 20x -- seemed like the scope was usually camped at14-15x...  (This is for ground squirrels at200-300 yds, as well as general purpose spotting out to ???)  I bought a Leica ER 3.5-14 with IBS reticle lastspring for another rifle, and after a little use found myself wishing I had asecond Leica for my varmint rifle.  Whenshooting those two rifles side by side at targets, I found myself using theLeica (at 14x) to spot bullet holes that I couldn't see with the Zeiss (at 20x).  When shopping for the Leica, I also lookedhard at the Zeiss HD5 scopes.  I felt theHD5 glass was a noticeable improvement over the older Conquest glass, but notin the same league as the Leica.  I hadlimited opportunities to look at the Swaro Z5, so don't have much feedback (otherthan I like Leica's IBS reticle better than Swaro's BRX foranything/everything, including varmints. Reticles are very much personal preference, but Leica struck a nicebalance with the IBS -- thin enough to aim very precisely, but crisp enoughthat it's very visible.  The IBS reticlealso uses simple MOA spacing for the holdover graduations, rather than graduationsspaced to approximate given yardages.)  Onething you might consider when choosing your mag range, if you like shooting longrange using the reticle rather than twisting turrets, it's nice to pick a scopewhere the SFP reticle is calibrated at a magnification that you can useextensively.  20x or 25x may be nice tohave at times, but I don't want a reticle that is calibrated for thatmagnification range since environmental conditions (especially mid-afternoonvarmints) can make those magnifications hard to use, which is probably one ofthe reasons I find myself liking the 14x-16x top ends...    Bottom line, I think the Leica 3.5-14x42 withIBS reticle and target turret would make a great varmint scope.  The only limitation I've found with mine isthat the Leica target turret limits the elevation adjustment to about 22 MOA --if you need more than that for long range endeavors, you might want to look atsomething else.