Good Afternoon from Tyler, TX

[PovertyStateArmorer]

I wanted to drop by and introduce myself,

I chose the handle PovertyStateArmorer after some friends ragged on me for building a few PSA rifles. Lately, I have been running a PA10 18" in .308. After recently firing my friend's Bergara B14 HMR in 6.5cm I decided to build another PA10 upper with a 22" Criterion barrel in 6.5cm to see how accurate I can get this platform. The journey has been fun and has required a bit of tinkering and understanding of what you can and can't do with the large frame AR platform; tolerance stacking and the lack of standardization other than "DPMS compatible" has kept things interesting.

I had stumbled across this site when doing some research on optics. I am currently looking at comparisons into Arken and Vortex but I think I have settled on acquiring a PST 5-25x50 Gen II. Looking forward to getting the optic mounted up and perhaps begin my long range shooting journey at the 1000 yard range down the road. Any wisdom to a novice in this area of shooting is always appreciated. Please feel free to poke fun at my equipment selections and bash them and I will listen as to what I can do better!

 

[Tanstaafl]

Welcome from another Texan in your general area. You've stumbled on the best place to learn on the interweb.

In scopes you get what you pay for, but you can do a lot worse that a PST Gen II. Decent glass, but they tend to be a little heavy.

 

[PovertyStateArmorer]

"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" as they say! Thanks for the reply and the insight. It would be awesome to meet up with a few folks in the area at some point.