first 100-600+ yard scope help

[rally guy]

I am contemplating building a spr ar build. My shooting range goes to 500 yard and I want to be able to one day shoot a bit further. This opic would be put on top of dd mk12 18" chf ss barrel. The most important criteria is sturdiness and repeatability after that its glass quality.

So for that reason here is the choice I have a nightforce 2.5-10x32 mil/mil or moa/moar or a nightforce 2.5-10x42 mil/mil or moa/moar.

The 42 has a 4.4 exit pupil insted of 3.3 and it also has an adjustable parralax.

I got a couple questions, is the 4.4 pupil and adjustable parralax really worth 500 more dollars?

What about nightforce other options, what's you taughts on zero stop and illumination?

And lastly what your take on mil vs moa for me? I am 27 I learned the metric system at school but I alway talk in inch, foot, kilometers and celcius .

Thank you very much

 

[chrismtl]

I won't comment on anything other than you choosing MOA vs Mil. It's all a personal preference. Can you more quickly and accurately estimate a target size in inches or mm. If the answer is inches, then go MOA. if the answer is mm then go Mil. Don't forget that it's very easy to convert from meters or cm to mm, just add 0's. If you decide to estimate in feet, then you have to multiply by 12, and if you estimate in yards, then you have to multiply by 36. It makes things a bit more complicated. That being said, it's better to pull out a calculator and get your range correct than to incorrectly calculate range and miss your shot.

 

[cr5]

Why not a Nightforce 3.5-15?
I just got an AR-10 with 24 inch barrel and put on a Vortex Viper PST 4-16x50. I was going to put this scope on one of my other rifles and steal the 6-24 or the 5-20 off one of one of them. I still may do that but for now this was easiest. For a range only long range rifle you can never have enough magnification.

I love zero-stop on my long range rifles but if you get a mildot or moa reticle and you're only going to be shooting known distances out to 600 yards/meters then there should be enough reticle to just hold over and not need to dial up the turrets. Zero-stop is great but not really needed if you aren't really stretching it out to where you have to dial in 20+MOA to make the shot.

Good luck

 

[rally guy]

Thank you, yes the 3.5-15 would be cheaper and have more range, but I want to keep this rifle light and capable I feel the 2.5-10 give me a 10-600 yard capability and should still be light and versatile.

 

[rally guy]

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