Visit the SWFA.com site to check out our current specials. |
223 BDC style Scope |
Post Reply |
Author | ||||||||||||||||
RRMan03
Optics GrassHopper Joined: January/15/2006 Status: Offline Points: 22 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Posted: June/13/2011 at 21:43 |
|||||||||||||||
I just purchased a new Colt HBAR Match rifle. I am looking for a scope with a 223 BDC built in. I have a flat top receiver so not going to be mounted on the carry handle. I would like suggests from people much smarter than I on a good scope for this rifle. All prices and manafactures will be considered. I am asking for your time and help because I do not have the answers. I have been around guns and scopes for over 40 years but I am new to the AR package with scope. When I carried them we just used open sights. My new gun has 20" Match Grade Barrel. This is a good rifle so I wanty a good optics package. I am thinking of using Leupold PRW rings. All answers appreciated.
|
||||||||||||||||
Nevets Yehcir
|
||||||||||||||||
RRMan03
Optics GrassHopper Joined: January/15/2006 Status: Offline Points: 22 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
Bought a Nikon 2X8 223 BDC off the Sample Board. Should be all I need. also got QR mounts so I can move it from gun to gun itf i want. I will let you know if I made a good choice. May have went to cheap on the scope. We shall see.
|
||||||||||||||||
Nevets Yehcir
|
||||||||||||||||
SVT_Tactical
MODERATOR Chief Sackscratch Joined: December/17/2009 Location: NorthCackalacky Status: Offline Points: 31233 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
I would look at the SS 1-4. Then get a set of speed dials from Kenton industries made up. Far better setup than BDC reticles, IMO |
||||||||||||||||
supertool73
Optics God Superstool Joined: January/03/2008 Status: Offline Points: 11814 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
IOR has a 4x that has 223 BDC knobs. Set for a 20" barrel and 55 fmjs. I have used one for 5 or so years and it has been a very good scope for me. Good glass, extremely durable.
But the SS 1-4x is a better scope IMO. Edited by supertool73 - June/14/2011 at 11:23 |
||||||||||||||||
Lifetime warranty and excellent customer service don't mean a thing when your gun fails during a zombie attack.
"A Liberal is a person who will give away everything they don't own." |
||||||||||||||||
FireEMT5
Optics Journeyman Joined: September/07/2010 Location: S.E. Minnesota Status: Offline Points: 317 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
Another opition would be the SS 3x9 Mil/Mil in a QD mount. It would require a little more work on your end to figure out your drops, but in my humble opinion, worth it. Most BDC reticles are specific to one load. If you are like the rest of us, you'll play around with different loads, bulltets, etc., until you find one that your gun likes.
If you are like me and others and feed your .223 other bullets than what your BDC is calibrated to, you end up compensating for those other bullet weights. Why not just do this from the start for everything? With practice and a log book or just a small pocket note book, you can have all your different drops and just dial the scope for that bullet, instead of looking through a BDC and having to remember what different bullets do. Just another option to consider. There are several ways to skin a cat.
|
||||||||||||||||
Midwest_Hunter
Optics Apprentice Joined: January/07/2011 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 102 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
Poodleshooter1
Optics Apprentice Joined: August/15/2010 Status: Offline Points: 116 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
Nikon (M-223) and Leupold Mk-AR lines are both .223 and AR specific scopes.
They may be worth checking out. |
||||||||||||||||
Urimaginaryfrnd
MODERATOR Resident Redneck Joined: June/20/2005 Location: Iowa Status: Offline Points: 14964 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
These are going pretty fast they are awesome glass and the Zeiss website has a balistic calculator to help you. The scope can be used with any caliber of rifle it is not specific to a .223 so if you find that you prefer open sights or a red dot later the scope could be moved to another hunting rifle.
Honestly the scope I use for my rifle is a compact ACOG 3x with red illuminated crosshair it is small and compact and the trajectory of a .223 is fairly flat out to 300 yds at which time I am looking for a heavier caliber rifle. I run this scope with a La Rue RCO mount and like it better than any other choice and I have tried several styles of dots and tactical scopes.
|
||||||||||||||||
"Always do the right thing, just because it is the right thing to do". Bobby Paul Doherty Texas Ranger |
||||||||||||||||
Urimaginaryfrnd
MODERATOR Resident Redneck Joined: June/20/2005 Location: Iowa Status: Offline Points: 14964 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
Other popular AR scopes are :
|
||||||||||||||||
"Always do the right thing, just because it is the right thing to do". Bobby Paul Doherty Texas Ranger |
||||||||||||||||
okc4956
Optics Apprentice Joined: October/13/2009 Location: Oklahoma City Status: Offline Points: 135 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
Is the SWFA SSALT mount back in stock????
|
||||||||||||||||
Post Reply | |
Tweet
|
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |