Visit the SWFA.com site to check out our current specials. |
Best 3 Gun Scope |
Post Reply | Page 12> |
Author | ||||||||||||||||
Bullwinkle511
Optics GrassHopper Joined: November/06/2012 Status: Offline Points: 7 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Posted: November/06/2012 at 19:51 |
|||||||||||||||
What is the best 1x-4x power 3 gun scope?
|
||||||||||||||||
Bullwinkle
|
||||||||||||||||
SVT_Tactical
MODERATOR Chief Sackscratch Joined: December/17/2009 Location: NorthCackalacky Status: Offline Points: 31233 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
Whats your price limit? Several good ones out there. SWFA SS 1-4, Vortex Razor 1-4, ... the list goes on. Your budget will dictate the best glass you can get into. Honestly you'll need to spend about double that of the SS to get into better glass though. Plus there are several SS 1-4's on the samplelist for a steal right now.
|
||||||||||||||||
"Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be" - Abraham Lincoln
|
||||||||||||||||
Bullwinkle511
Optics GrassHopper Joined: November/06/2012 Status: Offline Points: 7 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
I started looking at a Nikon Point Blank, then a Burris MTAC, then a Burris XTR. Was hoping to spend around $500. All I know from reading is that I need a 1-4 power, with good glass, and a reticle that I can see at speed. That is all I know. I am a rookie at 3 Gun, although am rated as a pistol competitor.
|
||||||||||||||||
Bullwinkle
|
||||||||||||||||
ccoker
Optics Master Joined: February/13/2008 Location: Austin, TX Status: Offline Points: 2041 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
What is max distance on your local matches?
|
||||||||||||||||
www.TacticalGunReview.com
Pro Staff - Silencer Shop http://tacticalgunreview.com |
||||||||||||||||
SVT_Tactical
MODERATOR Chief Sackscratch Joined: December/17/2009 Location: NorthCackalacky Status: Offline Points: 31233 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
The SS's on the Samplelist are a hair more than budget but you'd be better off than with others.
|
||||||||||||||||
"Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be" - Abraham Lincoln
|
||||||||||||||||
Bullwinkle511
Optics GrassHopper Joined: November/06/2012 Status: Offline Points: 7 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
I think most of the shots will be 100 yards and less , some may go to 200. i do not know if any will be over 300. That is why I like having a 1X on the low end.
Is the glass and retical that much better on the SS? Do you sell or market for SS?
|
||||||||||||||||
Bullwinkle
|
||||||||||||||||
ccoker
Optics Master Joined: February/13/2008 Location: Austin, TX Status: Offline Points: 2041 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
1-4 is plenty
You could run a red dot with a 200 yard zero and hold to top of target at 300 and be fine MTAC is a nice scope Fast and has holdover points |
||||||||||||||||
www.TacticalGunReview.com
Pro Staff - Silencer Shop http://tacticalgunreview.com |
||||||||||||||||
Bullwinkle511
Optics GrassHopper Joined: November/06/2012 Status: Offline Points: 7 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
I am somewhat shy of red dot scopes. I use them in open pistol competitions and I am slow to spot the red dot. I know they are getting popular for rifles, but I think I am more accustom to an optic scope with a cross hair.
|
||||||||||||||||
Bullwinkle
|
||||||||||||||||
Urimaginaryfrnd
MODERATOR Resident Redneck Joined: June/20/2005 Location: Iowa Status: Offline Points: 14962 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
"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: 14962 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
Some Day.... The 1-6 SS
And if money is no object:
|
||||||||||||||||
"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: 14962 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
When you say you dont like the dots have you tried the Aimpoint brand dots they are the best and quite a bit better than the rest of the ones out there. This is quite a nice optic I do like the Compact ACOG better but these are quite good.
|
||||||||||||||||
"Always do the right thing, just because it is the right thing to do". Bobby Paul Doherty Texas Ranger |
||||||||||||||||
Bullwinkle511
Optics GrassHopper Joined: November/06/2012 Status: Offline Points: 7 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
Wow. I appreciate the smorgasbord of options. Lots of different styles and choices. Lots more money also. I may have to try some of these fancy holographic scopes to "see" how I "see" with them. I would hate to buy something and then be trading up within a year, but I do not know if I am ready to jump up from the MTAC yet.
|
||||||||||||||||
Bullwinkle
|
||||||||||||||||
Urimaginaryfrnd
MODERATOR Resident Redneck Joined: June/20/2005 Location: Iowa Status: Offline Points: 14962 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
Good luck with it. I bought one of thse with the amber triangle and like it a lot but I would prefer the red triangle. Note I am sub moa at 300 yds with a 300 yd zero working off the point of the triangle. This one is used but you save a lot of $ still I think you would prefer the red crosshair model.
|
||||||||||||||||
"Always do the right thing, just because it is the right thing to do". Bobby Paul Doherty Texas Ranger |
||||||||||||||||
Alan Robertson
Optics Master Joined: October/31/2009 Location: Oklahoma Status: Offline Points: 1763 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
"Garg'n uair dhuisgear"
|
||||||||||||||||
ccoker
Optics Master Joined: February/13/2008 Location: Austin, TX Status: Offline Points: 2041 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
I have ran about all of the 1-4s out there in comps, the MTAC is the best bang for your buck.
|
||||||||||||||||
www.TacticalGunReview.com
Pro Staff - Silencer Shop http://tacticalgunreview.com |
||||||||||||||||
Bullwinkle511
Optics GrassHopper Joined: November/06/2012 Status: Offline Points: 7 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
An amazing amount of knowledge on this website. I thank you all for the input. (If you guys could do this for marriages, you would make a fortune.) I like the price of the MTAC but am intrigued by the red triangle scope. Getting sub moa at 300 yds with a 300 yd zero working off the point of the triangle is impressive.
|
||||||||||||||||
Bullwinkle
|
||||||||||||||||
ccoker
Optics Master Joined: February/13/2008 Location: Austin, TX Status: Offline Points: 2041 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
some people can the triangle reticle some can't
I am in the latter I can shoot very accurately with the tip but find I just don't like it overall. at 1x it's too big for 100 yard plates (for me) and the shape just doesn't work for me |
||||||||||||||||
www.TacticalGunReview.com
Pro Staff - Silencer Shop http://tacticalgunreview.com |
||||||||||||||||
jls28
Optics GrassHopper Joined: November/14/2012 Location: San Diego Status: Offline Points: 18 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
I am having the same issues for an AR
I have it down to the
Leupold VXR Patrol- Simple reticle with enough information for from less than 50 to 300 (my limit on a 223) or the Zombie with the green vs red dot
Vortex Razor - The PST is hard to make out the subtneds for longer range and the circle is large for CQB (friend has one on his AR) IT is a little busy but ....
US Optics 1.5 - 6 DFP best of all worlds but I am going to stop by the factory and look through one before I plunk down that kind of money
If any of you have expierence with any of the above insight is always helpful
Their are people out there with 8.5X22 on thiers and I think they need a reality check. My bolt action has a 3.5-15 and I can go as far as the 308 can reasonalby take it (1000 yds) if i call the wind right. And I ant no yoongster any more, does 3/4 inches at 200 where it is zeroed. But back to the topic for and AR. Any insight will be welcomed
Thanks
|
||||||||||||||||
ccoker
Optics Master Joined: February/13/2008 Location: Austin, TX Status: Offline Points: 2041 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
1-4 or 1-6 is ideal
let your wallet be your guide! |
||||||||||||||||
www.TacticalGunReview.com
Pro Staff - Silencer Shop http://tacticalgunreview.com |
||||||||||||||||
BeltFed
Optics Retard Joined: February/12/2008 Location: Ky Status: Offline Points: 22268 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|||||||||||||||
Here's a couple that may be out of your price range, but they were made for 3-gun, and the 1-6 is getting great reviews.
|
||||||||||||||||
Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.
|
||||||||||||||||
Post Reply | Page 12> |
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 |