Light weight/budget scope help

[thebigbaby]

Looking for a light weight budget scope. About the only thing I can find is a vortex crossfire 2 or diamondback 2-7x32. The issue is they come in at 14oz, so at that point I should just get vortex 3-9x40.

Any recommendations? Open to other brands, vortex is just what I have found so far to be in my price range.

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[TTSX]

Sightmark?

 

[Member 34319]

Budget? What's the $$$ amount?

Lightweight, about the best in that category is Leupold.

 

[JadeFox]

Burris. Optics Planet.

 

[thebigbaby]

$250 ish.

 

[Member 34319]

$250 ish.

VX-Freedom Rifle Scopes | Leupold

The Leupold® VX®-Freedom® riflescope delivers reliable, accurate, and extremely clear performance in a package that outperforms its price season after season. Decades of American manufacturing combined with our unbeatable optical engineering are rolled into a riflescope that is guaranteed to get...

www.leupold.com

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Looking for a light weight budget scope. About the only thing I can find is a vortex crossfire 2 or diamondback 2-7x32. The issue is they come in at 14oz, so at that point I should just get vortex 3-9x40.

Any recommendations? Open to other brands, vortex is just what I have found so far to be in my price range.

Leapers/utg bug buster 3-9x. Have had mine for 14 years and has seen a ton of use on numerous guns. Never lost zero. Very bright and clear glass. Mil dot reticle. about $79-$129ish depending on where you buy. 14oz

 

[tfbit]

I put a Leupold VX-1 2-7x33 on my daughters first hunting rifle. It comes in at 9.9oz. Damn nice scope if you can find one to buy.

Leupold VX-1 Rifle Scope 2-7x 33mm Wide Duplex Reticle Matte

The redesigned Leupold VX-1 series is better than ever. Leupold has fine tuned the VX-1 by adding all the details that make a Leupold top in class. The...

www.midwayusa.com

https://www.amazon.com/Leupold-2-7x33mm-Waterproof-Fogproof-Riflescope/dp/B006PH69JI

 

[Zingger]

Jump on an old M8 6x Leupold and don't look back. I like the 2-7x as an option, but it's a fixed for any of my serious hunting rifles. Sight 2.5 over at 100, should be good to 300 on the tip of the heavy reticle.

 

[thebigbaby]

thanks for all the responses. I wanted to do the Burris but didn't like how the optic yard marks lined up in correlation to what I want to shoot, .308 180 gr. The older luepold's are hard to track down and the weight penalty is not hardly anything to get more magnification and bigger objective.

I'm a cheap bastard but ended up going with Leupold 3-9x40.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07CTTNK31?ref=ppx_pt2_mob_b_prod_image

I'm a cheap bastard but ended up going with Leupold 3-9x40.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07CTTNK31?ref=ppx_pt2_mob_b_prod_image

 

[PORSCHE928S4]

Orrrr you could browse the classifieds and that $250 might get you a even better scope

 

[Tlock]

I run a few burris scopes they seem alright. I get them 50% off so....Definitely prefer vortex or luepold

 

[JustShoot]

Anouther one people forget about . ( Sightron ) has really stepped-up there game last several years, their high-end line kicksass .
. but for less-$ they do have a S-Tac series / 2FP scopes that are decent . That series comes-in from 200-$ to under 600-$ usd .

I have not looked at them for several years . I just took a new look at the Sightron line a few weeks back and was surprised to see some good offerings .
They got a couple S-Tac scopes / 3-16 x42 / FFP / Zero Stop/ Illum.Ret. / MOA or Mil ranging Ret./ and about 13" in scope length . So I grabbed one of the FFP S-tac to check out .
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[P7M13]

I bought this one in December, find it to be surplative. 15oz, $185 on Amazon

Fullfield E1™ Riflescope 4.5-14x42mm | Burris Optics

www.burrisoptics.com

 

[Duneblaster]

Bushnell Prime 6-18x50mm aren't very clear. Simmons are clear but not durable. They'd be ok on a rimfire.

 

[2ndtimer]

If you are near a BiMart, they currently have the Burris 4.5-14x Fullfield E1 on sale for $149.99. It has their basic ballistic plex reticle, not the busy Christmas tree version. Not the smallest, lightest, but very good for the money. Made in the Phillipines.

 

[2ndtimer]

The other bargain scope I woukd recommend from personal experience is the Burris Fullfield II 3-9X that is reasonably light, durable and decent glass. The only drawback is that the entire ocular turns when you adjust the magnification.

https://www.amazon.com/Burris-Fullfield-Ballistic-Rifle-Scope/dp/B000MM2QSK/ref=sr_1_9?crid=4TF319CMDERH&keywords=rifle+scope&qid=1692760464&refinements=p_36%3A1253558011&rnid=386589011&s=sporting-goods&sprefix=Rofle%2Caps%2C183&sr=1-9

 

[dangerranger60]

6X weaver. light weight, simple, and effective. DR