Dirt cheap scope at Walmart- $6

[AMProducts]

The big difference between cheap glass and good glass is brightness and durability. I've long mocked people for taking a gun that had no sights to the range rather than topping it with one of these little budget miracles. Sure, it's no nightforce, but for <$100 I see no reason to complain. I've had a number of these tasco 3-9x40 and even a few 3-9x50 scopes on all kinds of different rifles over the years, and I never found a thing to complain about that wasn't balanced out by what I paid for the optic. I'm still saving up for a Zeiss Conquest, but I'm debating whether I want to keep saving for an ACOG. A crappy sight is usually better than no sight. And frankly, when it comes to AR's a 3-4 power scope is going to give you way better target acquisition than a dot-sight is going to.

 

[Flopsweat]

The big difference between cheap glass and good glass is brightness and durability. I've long mocked people for taking a gun that had no sights to the range rather than topping it with one of these little budget miracles. Sure, it's no nightforce, but for <$100 I see no reason to complain. I've had a number of these tasco 3-9x40 and even a few 3-9x50 scopes on all kinds of different rifles over the years, and I never found a thing to complain about that wasn't balanced out by what I paid for the optic. I'm still saving up for a Zeiss Conquest, but I'm debating whether I want to keep saving for an ACOG. A crappy sight is usually better than no sight. And frankly, when it comes to AR's a 3-4 power scope is going to give you way better target acquisition than a dot-sight is going to.

Well said. I have a 1-4X Weaver that did slug duty on a shotgun for some time. It's going on one of my ARs next for 25 to 200 yard shooting. Maybe a quick disconnect and some flip up irons.

 

[JRuby]

The really odd thing would be for one to put any sort of scope, to include that new one trillion dollar jobber, on toppa a regular common fighting carbine.

wtf

i disagree completely with your statement. i have found a lot of utility with a low powered (1-4) powered scope. My scopes cost between 350 to 500 dollars so they arent super exspensive but many companies in that price range make a good solid scope.

 

[PaulB47]

I miss the old, basic, 4x scopes. Nobody manufactures them any more, and I wonder why not? They did the job and were about as reliable as anything could be.

 

[Flopsweat]

I miss the old, basic, 4x scopes. Nobody manufactures them any more, and I wonder why not? They did the job and were about as reliable as anything could be.

Bushnell, Leupold and SWFA still make fixed 4X scopes. Probably a bunch of others do that I don't know of. And what do you think an ACOG is?

 

[PaulB47]

Maybe some manufacturers still make them, but good luck finding any at your typical scope emporium. ACOG, I never could see the point...

 

[JRuby]

i use a rebuilt k4 on my 7x57 fn mauser does what I need