Roadkillwarrior

I recently bought a Barska Swat rifle scope to put on my AR-15, which cost me a little over $200. I have been told by many gun owners that you should spend about the same on the optics as you spent on your gun. I just don't have that kind of money to do that for all my guns, Idon't think thisis necessary. What do you guys think?

statjunk

I think there's a lot of snobbery in optics. I think you will likely be fine. I've got a bunch of simmons Atecs that have been nothing short of amazing. Better in every way except resale to my Leupolds.

I think high end optics start at Ziess.

How do you put the popcorn thingy up? lol.

Tom

Rifle Loony

Low end, to moderate end Leupolds have given me stellarservice, for many, manyyears....Leupy is Good Glass.

I guess I'm bias in that opinion..................

nchawkeye

I have 3 Leupold VX-IIs...I like them, they hold zero, they track well, they are plenty bright to shoot during legal shooting hours...

I do have a couple of buddies that have had good luck with the Nikons in ProStaff and Buckmasters...

I have no use for a Simmons...Have a buddy that has returned his 3 times...They keep sending him a new one, we keep sighting in and tapping with a screwdrive to settle the cross hairs, it lasts about 2 years, loses its zeroand goes back again...

MichaelT.

It is all up to you.......... BUT

I think it's funny when people say they cannot spend that kind of money on a scope because they don't have that kind of money....... but they had that kind of money to buy the gun.... didn't they...

Actually a lot of people say you should spend AT LEAST as much on the scope as you do on the gun... and as much as 2X...

But I don't. I have yet to pay even 500.00 , much less 600.00 or 700.00 $$$ on a scope. I beleive the most I have spent on a scope was about 450.00 ( shipping and all ) for a 5-20 X 44 Nikon Monarch....

Most of my scopes run from 250 to350.00. Thecheapest was about 100.00, on one of my kids guns, and it broke within about 2 years. I have about 9 or so Nikons.... Great Glass for the $$$.

MET

pahntr760

I like the Nikon ProStaff. Great scope at a very good price.

Rifle Loony

I'll add that for ANYTHING I need to shoot, a $219 3X9 VX1Leupy will do it good, a $299 VXII Leupy will do it just a little bit gooder.....

I do upgrade 'em with turrets, at about $75 or so per turret, but that's just me being me..........

TexasBowHunter

My take is it's all up to you, I inherited my dad's 3 rifle's when he passed and they all had cheap a$$ tasco's, bushnell'sand I can't begin to tell you how many deer he has taken over the years with them and they are still holding a zero today. I personally like to stay in the mid range to get the lifetime warranty, the last one I bought was a Nikon Monarch 5-20X44around $400 that has a lifetime warranty, if anything happens to it I will send it back and get another.

HEAD0001

If I only had $1,000 to spend on a scope and rifle I would spend $600-$700 on the scope and $300 on the rifle. Your optics is the most important part of your rig. The first time you shoot a trophy buck right at dark with quality glass you will understand that. There is no way to understand the importance of quality glass until you do shoot a trophy at dusk in a rain storm.

A 1/4 or 1/2 inch group means nothing to a deer at 200 or even 300 yards. Whether your rifle prints a 1 inch group or a 6 inch group at 300 yards you still have a DEAD deer. But only if you can see it, and judge it. Tom.

RugerM77.270

I have bought some cheap scopes in my day, I bought them when I didn't know any better. I have a $30.00 tasco on a 30-30 that holds zero year to year, and a great$100 bushnell trophy on my .270 that was all I could afford at the time. I have compared them to better optics and see the advantage.So I now see it this way"A RESPECTABLE RIFLE AND CALIBER DESERVES A RESPECTABLE SCOPE". Don't don't buy a 300 Weatherby and put Wal-Mart bubble packoptics on it.