Looking for opinions for a all around scope for a tx1 that’s mainly a hunting rifle.Looking at the
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Great second focal plane scopes. I use trijicon 5-20 accupoints with a bright green or red .9MOA triangle for small bore silhouette with magnification set between 10-14x. Everybody who picks it up says “wow, that is a very clear image with a well lit center dot” and want to get one until they find out the price and weight, mainly price (Typically $1000-1200). It weighs in at 27oz and I barely make max weight of 8.5lbs or less for NRA hunter classification using ultralight 1.5oz morr 30mm rings
Just know that you will have to dial elevation and parallax for each distance. Parallax markings on side turret are surprisingly accurate for distance. Scope has been very reliable/repeatable in that dept so far. Depending on which reticle you get you may be able to use holdovers at a specific magnification. Since I am only dialing in 4 known distances I can get away using the single post triangle as a red dot site as I have no reticle to use holdovers with and this works great for the silhouette game. For hunting you will need to know distance anyway. I would not use these scopes for nrl/prs type matches as a first focal plane scope is much more useful there
I have not had any too bright (flaring) or too dimm reticle illumination issues, but have only used it during the day. I would buy another trijicon for this purpose and would look at their credo line if I needed a second plane reticle scope. Made in japan, supposedly by LOW. Quality is great and knobs have good tension. My only bitch so far is the turret caps that cover the adjustment screws were on so tight from the factory I had to use cannon plug pliers to loosen them.
Just know that you will have to dial elevation and parallax for each distance. Parallax markings on side turret are surprisingly accurate for distance. Scope has been very reliable/repeatable in that dept so far. Depending on which reticle you get you may be able to use holdovers at a specific magnification. Since I am only dialing in 4 known distances I can get away using the single post triangle as a red dot site as I have no reticle to use holdovers with and this works great for the silhouette game. For hunting you will need to know distance anyway. I would not use these scopes for nrl/prs type matches as a first focal plane scope is much more useful there
I have not had any too bright (flaring) or too dimm reticle illumination issues, but have only used it during the day. I would buy another trijicon for this purpose and would look at their credo line if I needed a second plane reticle scope. Made in japan, supposedly by LOW. Quality is great and knobs have good tension. My only bitch so far is the turret caps that cover the adjustment screws were on so tight from the factory I had to use cannon plug pliers to loosen them.
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I was recently looking for a new scope for longer distance 22 lr shooting, and the Trijicon Credo 2-10x36 was one of my top choices. I love trijicon in general, especially for their glass. The reticle, construction, everything looked good. The one holdup for my rimfire was there was no parallax adjustment. I emailed Trijicon and they said its was set at 100 yards. I elected to keep looking. I shoot almost exclusively 100 yards at the range, but wanted to be able to adjust and have it adjustable at least down to 25y for classes. I would think if you're hunting you might be shooting a lot within 100 yards.
Good options, but sadly, you won't find much in that price range that's NOT made in China...
The credo 2.5-14x42 is alittle more money but its sfp.Parallax does adjust down on it.
swfa 3-15 looks ok but is heavy.
These 3 leupolds maybe but its sfp as well.
I agree it will be hard to find everything im wanting.
swfa 3-15 looks ok but is heavy.
These 3 leupolds maybe but its sfp as well.
I agree it will be hard to find everything im wanting.
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I know you said not keen on china scopes but the Sightmark Citadel 3-18x50 is a really good scope at it's price point or if you can find a Crimson Trace 5 series 3-18x50 should work very good also. I have the CT 2 series 6-24x56 and it is a phenomenal scope for it's price point.
The SWFA is pretty lightweight, honestly...And they're pretty good scopes. Made in Japan with Japanese glass with decent turrets and good tracking. They're pretty solid scopes, I've been shooting them for over 10 years, and still got 3 of them. Only downsides is they're only a 42mm objective and no built-in zero-stop.
I know you said no MIC stuff, but honestly, take a look at the Arken SH4 4-16x50, they're a veteran owned company based out of Texas. For the money, they're solid scopes with pretty damn good glass for being MIC. They're 50mm objective, 34mm tube, huge elevation travel adjustment, good turrets, and a solid and repeatable zero-stop. They also have a lifetime warranty, and a precision tracking guarantee. Hard to beat for $399. I have 3 of the SH4 6-24x50 VPR MIL scopes, and they're the nicest $450 scopes i've bought.
Over budget but made in Japan.
Edit: Didn't realize the comment above this was the exact same thing lol.
Check out the bushnell LRHS. 4.5-18 magnification. FFP with a great reticle. You can find a gen 1 for 7-800 bucks on the used market. I paid on the high side for mine.
Check out the bushnell LRHS. 4.5-18 magnification. FFP with a great reticle. You can find a gen 1 for 7-800 bucks on the used market. I paid on the high side for mine.
I finally just decided to pull the trigger,I decided to get a tract scope,i have heard nothing but positive stuff and the owner called me back.
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