Thread: What's your fav rifle scope/optic style?

I shot a 9mm rifle today down at the range and I can't remember the name. It had one of them round sites and when you look in it you see another little red circle with a x in it. Put that red x on it squeeze off and it's history. Now I liked that. It had a 30rd mag and it was a blast to shoot. I am going to have to find out more about that deal.

On what?

I prefer the ironsights on combat-style rifles and magnifiying scopes on more precise rifles. On shotguns I like the bead sight.

What kind of rifle and what are you using it for?

I guess U are right - it is specific to some degree. I just kinda meant in general - if one stood out among the others in gerenal - one that U really liked...

Never mind

I do like my iron sights. Granted, I only have one rifle and there are no plans to put a scope on it in the future. I may, however, end up with one at some point on another rifle. I like Nikon scopes as well as Swift scopes. Just your normal magnification. The glowing stuff usually makes my eyes go weird.

OK, I have iron sights on all my milsurps and a few others, Eotech on a few, 2-7 on most of the big game rifles and 6-18 on the varmint guns. How's that?

I am of the opinion that there are very few rifle "jobs" that couldn't get done (well!) with a quality low-powered variable. 1.5-5x, or as 2400 said above, 2-7x can cover 97% of what needs doin' with a rifle. For the other 3%, get closer!

I have a Leupold 1-4x on my AR carbine right now, and at 1x I can see both sides of a doorway (and everything in it) at 5 paces, at 4x make simulated head shots at 100 yards, or body shots at 250+ yards. A deer hunter could jump-shoot bucks in close cover at low power, or crank it up for stand-hunting out to 250 yards. Small game? Works fine. Plinking? Clear image, large field of view. Perhaps add an illuminated reticle option for low-light uses (Leupold 1.5-5x Illuminated Duplex Reticle, anyone?), and you'd be set for almost anything.

I have a 3.5-10x on my .308, but have little use for any more magnification than that (under field conditions). Benchresters would disagree, and they'd be right -- for their particular game.

Eotech for CQB carbine. Leupold 1.5-5x20MRT for precision carbine. Leupold4.5-14x40 mil-dot for long range rig.

I use an Aimpoint ML2 w/ARMS quick release lever mount and cantilever spacer on my Bushmaster M4 carbine and has kept it's zero regardless of how many times I've installed and removed it. It's more of a fast aquisition combat sight but it's about the right type of unit for this kind of carbine.