What budget optic?

[Canadiankeeper]

New rifle on the way. This rifle will be running and gunning, paper punching to 300, smacking ground hogs and slapping coyotes (300 max)

Looking for 1-8. What gets your vote ? (maybe 1-6 I dont think I really NEED 1-8 its just a but nicer for paper punching)

 

[Nbhunt3r]

I'd look at the Nikon or Bushnell cheap ar scopes.

 

[zackstab]

Id recommend a used optic of looking to budget.

 

[jiffx2781]

I voted Primary Arms 1-8 because you mentioned run and gun. The lower magnification range is perfectly suited for that.

However, if you take run and gun out of the equation, you would be better served with a traditional optic with a higher magnification range. Nikon M-223 4-16x42 is on my XCR-L and Nikon Monarch 5 ED 3-15x42 is on my Modern Varmint. Both are both awesome scopes with great positive turret adjustment. Glass on the Monarch 5 ED is amazing. Both work great on my semi-autos for longer range paper and critter wacking.

Bushnell AR optics are cheap, heavy scopes with poor mushy turrets. Bought one in 3-9 and dumped it as fast as I could.

 

[Canadiankeeper]

Hmm interesting.

Im also kind of weaning away from the 1-8. Im expecting the rifle to shoot around 2 moa at 100. After seeing targets with a 1-6 at 300 I realize the 1-6 will be perfectly useful also.

 

[cr5]

Sightron 1-7
Will run you around $1000, worth every penny. I've owned 2 other Sightron scopes (still have one) and they are fantastic. Great glass, great turrets, lifetime warranty.
I did a side by side comparison with my Sightron 6-24×50 and my Nightforce NXS 5.5-22×56 and clarity, brightness, definition were all right there with the Nightforce. I would have to give a slight edge to the NF but it was close and definitely not more than twice as good as the price would have you believe.

 

[grelmar]

I have 3 of these now:

https://www.corwin-arms.com/product/pv-%C2%A0pv-12-6x24%C2%A0rifle-scope%C2%A0%C2%A0-duplex-reticle

1 on an "accurised" (yah, I know) SKS I use as a bush/deer gun.
1 on my 3-gun AR
1 is going on to my M305 build, that's almost as much USGI as NORC at this point.

Nice, clear optics. I prefer a simple duplex reticle over something with all the BDC hashes, which I find just clutter my sight picture. Holdover is easy enough to sort out at distances out to 300 without all that clutter. Decent price (yah, I'm cheap, and that factors in). I have a couple of the "budget" Vortex scopes. This was cheaper, and better glass.

Also, built Russian Stronk. The one on both my SKS and AR have been beat to crap, just by the nature of how those guns get used. Neither of them has lost zero as a result.

Downsides: Heavier than comparable American or European options. Limited warranty support in Canada.

 

[Lungorthin]

I have 3 Strike Eagles sitting on 3 separate rifles. They're affordable, have a useful and easy to use reticle, and a lifetime warranty.

 

[AB_blaster]

Trijicon 1-6 or 1-8.

 

[Canadiankeeper]

End game. Found a good deal on a strike eagle 1-8 so I picked it up!

I also liked that the 1-8 has the dot, not the very strange cross hair like the 1-6 has.