AR15 upper assembly question

[Member 34319]

Home from travels for a few days, did some tests suggested in this thread.... long story short its the UTG scope.

No promises I will buy anything soon but need something to home in on. Help me decide on a new scope for this rifle... Im not a tactical operator and more of a practical hunter. This is my "freedom rifle" though so Im wide open but I see myself more using this as a backup hunting rifle than anything. I have a 30mm cantilever mount with thumscrews since I also enjoy using the open sights. I lean to simple hunting style reticles and want a variable starting in the 1x low end. Bonus points for an illuminated reticle...
At the top of my list in the "buy once cry once" category is the Leupold VX®-3HD CDS 1.5-5x20mm firedot. Im a huge Leupold fan but this is a bit over my budget.... Next is the Vortex Strike Eagle 1-8x24 ...if I could be convinced to spend the coin it would be between these two.
At the very bottom of the list is a budget friendly Primary Arms 1-4x24 SPF illuminated... simple, cheap but I could work it. No idea if its another lemon so be brutally honest...
Help me pick a scope for this rifle... convince me to "buy once cry once" or show me a good but budget scope in between.

Are you completely set on a LVPO?

 

[Koda]

Are you completely set on a LVPO?

Pretty much. Seems like the best scope option for this caliber. I want something I can shoot out to 300yds and still have the low power field of view for close shooting.

 

[Jonnyuma]

I can't believe that a UTG scope warranted 3 pages of back and forth to figure out if the scope had an issue

It didn't.
That got pinned-down on page one and then reiterated throughout the subsequent three pages until @Koda got back to the rifle and verified it for himself.

Did you read all three pages? Why?

 

[Member 34319]

Pretty much. Seems like the best scope option for this caliber. I want something I can shoot out to 300yds and still have the low power field of view for close shooting.

Just checking. LVPOs in my opinion are a compromise and as much as I have truly tried to like them, they don't do either of the two things they are designed to all that great in my opinion.

 

[American123]

It didn't.
That got pinned-down on page one and then reiterated throughout the subsequent three pages until @Koda got back to the rifle and verified it for himself.

Did you read all three pages? Why?

I read fast, didn't take long.

 

[powermad]

The PA SLX series LPVO's have been good for me and what I need it to do.
I started with a 1-6 then changed scopes on my .308 and now use the 1-8 that it had.

Quite a bit of LPVO's out today to choose from from budget (China) to higher quality scopes.

Not an LPVO but the Primary Arms GLx 2.5-10X44 that recently came out looks pretty nifty.
About $600 so it's not cheap but doesn't require kilobux to have it.

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[Koda]

to follow up on this I 100% confirmed today it was the cheap UTG Accushot scope. Of all the things I would have guessed would break early on a cheap scope would be a turret fall off or easily scratched lens or something, but not running out of elevation. Thats like the ultimate of fails for even the cheapest of scopes.

I wound up getting a Vortex Strike Eagle 1-8x24 and it has way more elevation than needed. 25yd initial zero in 2 shots, moved out to 100yds and was grouping within another 2 shots of final adjusting.

"buy once cry once"... sometimes I win sometimes I lose, but if I added the cost of the cheap UTG to the price of the Vortex I coulda got an even better scope overall...

 

[Kruel J]

I hate to say I told you so………..

J/K

I'm glad you figured it out and even happier that another UTG optic found its way OFF a real firearm.

 

[Koda]

I hate to say I told you so………..

J/K

I'm glad you figured it out and even happier that another UTG optic found its way OFF a real firearm.

Oh... you were right all along. No more cheap optics, not worth even experimenting with.
The Strike Eagle seems like a decent entry scope for what I need, it will be fun to learn that fancy "BDC" reticle.

 

[American123]

I hate to say I told you so………..

J/K

I'm glad you figured it out and even happier that another UTG optic found its way OFF a real firearm.

I told you so was well earned.

 

[Member 53328]

I hate to say I told you so………..

J/K

I'm glad you figured it out and even happier that another UTG optic found its way OFF a real firearm.

You mean airsoft scopes aren't "quality" for firearms?