Rifle Scopes Lightweight LPVO recommendation for AR pistol.

[jje]

I have a lightweight 300 blackout pistol with a 7” barrel. I am planning to use this for a range toy, midwest woods deer drive hunting (I have a rifle for stand hunting), and home defense.

I have a GenII Razor 1-6 on a different rifle that I really like, but at 25oz plus the mount it’s way too heavy for this gun. Are there any good lightweight LPVO options that you can recommend? I definitely want it to be 1x on the low end with daylight bright illumination.

 

[CSTactical]

I'd say a Nightforce NX8 1-8 would be a great option

 

[longshot2000]

I think your options with lightweight variable optic are limited in the pistol environment. Pistol setup is normally point and shoot. While I agree with @CSTactical that the NF NX8 is probably a good pick, it does not have the wide open eye-box that your Razor has, and the ATACR has. I would question whether you really want a variable optic on a pistol AR. I like @Birddog6424 's idea of the Kahles. It fits better, but wow, what a price tag for AR Pistol. I would nix that one. NXS 2.5 -10x is another good choice. I would favor an Aimpoint T2 sitting up high at 1/2 lower co-witness.

 

[schlaiek]

How about the Steiner PX4i? About the same size as the NX8, but with what feels to be a more forgiving eyebox. While I've got very limited experience with a Trijicon TR24, I'm surprised this hasn't already been mentioned.

 

[JayseM_SportOptics]

Steiner P4Xi all day with a lightweight mount, like the Nightforce or Aero Precision.

 

[CSTactical]

The Nightforce NX8 and ATACR are great lightweight, compact options. My personal choice would be the Khales K16i. I think it's a better value than the NX8. But if you have deep pockets, the ATACR is a very nice LPVO.

The Kahles K16i is also a fantastic lightweight premium option!

 

[jje]

Thanks for the recommendations. The NX8 looks like the right sized package, but I don’t love the idea of a tight eye box. I will check out the P4Xi and the K16i. It looks like they both save about 4.5 ounces on the newer Razors but nothing in the length department. The K16i is a little on the pricey end at $2k is it that much better than the P4Xi?

I’m intrigued by the red dot idea, but I don’t have any experience with one. Are they precise enough to make an ethical shot on a whitetail inside 100 yards?

 

[Milo 2.5]

I’m intrigued by the red dot idea, but I don’t have any experience with one. Are they precise enough to make an ethical shot on a whitetail inside 100 yards?

Easy, IMO, precision with a red dot boils down to dot size. Kahles makes a nice dot, dot size is 2moa, that's 2" coverage at 100 yards.. Vortex sells a few 3 moa dots, not sure on other brands. I also have a couple C-more's, antiquated systems, but you can change out dot size module, 2 moa to 16 moa.

 

[S197]

Thanks for the recommendations. The NX8 looks like the right sized package, but I don’t love the idea of a tight eye box. I will check out the P4Xi and the K16i. It looks like they both save about 4.5 ounces on the newer Razors but nothing in the length department. The K16i is a little on the pricey end at $2k is it that much better than the P4Xi?

I’m intrigued by the red dot idea, but I don’t have any experience with one. Are they precise enough to make an ethical shot on a whitetail inside 100 yards?

before you go with a red dot, get behind one. While my MRO and RMR are fast to pickup and shoot with, the dot tends to bleed when at high settings. If I was looking at a 4x and under I would buy the P4Xi over the red dot and tripler.

 

[koshkin]

I have a lightweight 300 blackout pistol with a 7” barrel. I am planning to use this for a range toy, midwest woods deer drive hunting (I have a rifle for stand hunting), and home defense.

I have a GenII Razor 1-6 on a different rifle that I really like, but at 25oz plus the mount it’s way too heavy for this gun. Are there any good lightweight LPVO options that you can recommend? I definitely want it to be 1x on the low end with daylight bright illumination.

I have a couple if Blackout pistols. One has the shoes LPVO I could find: March 1-8x24 Shorty.

The other has Vortex UH-1 with magnifier.

ILya

 

[Dev L]

I have a lightweight 300 blackout pistol with a 7” barrel. I am planning to use this for a range toy, midwest woods deer drive hunting (I have a rifle for stand hunting), and home defense.

I have a GenII Razor 1-6 on a different rifle that I really like, but at 25oz plus the mount it’s way too heavy for this gun. Are there any good lightweight LPVO options that you can recommend? I definitely want it to be 1x on the low end with daylight bright illumination.

Easy... lighter than all the options mentioned above:

Leupold VX5HD 1-5×24 with Firedot reticle and CDS ZL2 locking turret with custom BDC for your favored 300 BLK load.

At 14.7 oz you wont get an illuminated reticle 1x capable scope that is lighter than pretty much all other illuminated 1x capable scopes. The firedot is small enough to be precise but large enough to work well as a red dot at 1x. Daytime bright illumination. The auto off and motion activation gives it best in class battery life. The turret is not moving from a bump, like a capped turret, but is easily dialed to other ranges and works at any magnification, unlike a 2nd focal plane BDC reticle.

The only negative IMO is that it is about an inch longer than I would prefer for the eye relief, taking up some valuable top rail space.

It is FAR more accurate than my Aimpoints with 3x magnifier and is capable of averaging 1 MOA groups... just barely. Most 300 BLK barrels (and all the under 9" barrels I have seen) are not capable of sub MOA groups anyway.

More precsion than what is provided above is a waste and requires even more weight.

 

[7WSMShooter]

Guess I’m running too much glass on my 300 BO pistol then.

 

[7WSMShooter]

Used that for testing loads and since I didn’t have one, used it as a spotter for the next few days
for other rifles. Mounted up the Meprolight And got it back on paper. It’s interesting, and I like
the tri-power ability and both vi/ir laser functions.

 

[beetroot]

If light weight is the main requirement it's hard to go put Leupold.

As mentioned above the VX5/VX6 with a firedot reticle would meet your requirements.