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pitbullcrazyinky · 03-03-2008, 06:50 PM

what do you guy think would be a good cheap scope for a AR varmint in the .223. looking to shoot at around 350 yards. with my DPMS. it has a 24" SS barrel with a flat top Upper. Thanks for all your help.

cjive134 · 03-03-2008, 07:15 PM

I just picked up a BSA "sweet 223" 3-12x42 for $79. I haven't used it yet but it seems to be a well made scope. Comes with three drums for 50, 55, and 62 grain .223 which let you adjust the elevation for different ranges.
I got it at SWFA which included a bore-sighting kit with all BSA purchases. YOu might look at their web sight to see if the deal is still going on.

John A. · 03-03-2008, 07:57 PM

BEC

good glass, good adjustment, illumination is fine with the models that offer it, keeps zero, good battery life.

I just bought a low power Barska for up close varminting and though the scope is good, the illumination on it washes out somewhat at times.

INDY-XD · 03-03-2008, 09:43 PM

not sure what you mean by cheap.I just got done putting together a varmint rifle its not an ar platform but a remington 700 sps in .223 with bull barrel and put a nikon 4.5-14x40mm buckmaster with mil-dot. yes I gave $265.00, but it is the clearest and brightest scope I have ever owned. with the ar rifle you have and the distance you want to shoot , cheap might not be better but just my 2 cents good luck with what ever you buy! sharp looking rifle you have there!

rogerxd45 · 03-03-2008, 09:58 PM

i have a nikon on mine it was $150 wich im sure is more then your thinking but the sweet 223 seems to be good from what i hear and i will be takeing the nikon off and putting it on my 308 when im done with my build and when i do that i will get a sweet 223

**jnclement** · 03-03-2008, 10:01 PM

Get a Pentax Gamemaster with the ballistic plex from cameralandny.com. Great glass for the money. Although I can consistently hit the 12" plate at 500 with my cheap leapers handle mounted mil-dot.

Riflemanz · 03-04-2008, 04:03 AM

If you want cheap go leapers,bsa,tasco,barska.You have a nice rifle,why not put a quality scope on it?

ichy_trigger · 03-04-2008, 04:29 AM

Nikon scopes are a bargain for under $300.00 and so are the Bushnell 2300.

zarcher · 03-04-2008, 05:17 AM

I got a leaper 3-9x40 for thirty bucks off e-bay last week.
I took it to the range to shot on my car-15, at 200 yards with wolf ammo was holding 2.5-3 inch groups. Not on a true bench rest, just an ammo can with a shirt on it.
The optic aren't the clearest and the value was good. Look on e-bay you will find some good scopes and at good prices.

larz · 03-04-2008, 05:34 AM

I was watching the movie S.W.A.T last night and I noticed that most of their AR or M4's had smallish scopes that I assume are Red Dot's and they were mounted directly to the handle with no mounts. I recently bought and returned a Bushnell Red Dot scope because it sat too high, nice scope though, it was their Trophy MP. Could someone enlighten me as to what kind of scopes they are and were I might get them?

03-03-2008, 06:50 PM	#1
pitbullcrazyinky XDTalk Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Louisville, Kentucky Posts: 83	good cheap scope? what do you guy think would be a good cheap scope for a AR varmint in the .223. looking to shoot at around 350 yards. with my DPMS. it has a 24" SS barrel with a flat top Upper. Thanks for all your help. Last edited by pitbullcrazyinky; 03-03-2008 at 06:53 PM.

03-03-2008, 07:15 PM	#2
cjive134 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 1,522	I just picked up a BSA "sweet 223" 3-12x42 for $79. I haven't used it yet but it seems to be a well made scope. Comes with three drums for 50, 55, and 62 grain .223 which let you adjust the elevation for different ranges. I got it at SWFA which included a bore-sighting kit with all BSA purchases. YOu might look at their web sight to see if the deal is still going on. __________________ "Don't laugh at me. I was once like you." - homer simpson

03-03-2008, 07:57 PM	#3
John A. XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: KY Posts: 507	BEC good glass, good adjustment, illumination is fine with the models that offer it, keeps zero, good battery life. I just bought a low power Barska for up close varminting and though the scope is good, the illumination on it washes out somewhat at times. __________________ "The 2nd Amendment wasn't adopted into the Constitution because the authors liked guns or the destruction they could cause, but to give ordinary citizens the ability to protect themselves and their family and to take up arms against anyone in a governmental position who tried to deny those fundamental and God given rights." Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8

03-03-2008, 10:01 PM	#6
jnclement XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Texas Posts: 2,479	Get a Pentax Gamemaster with the ballistic plex from cameralandny.com. Great glass for the money. Although I can consistently hit the 12" plate at 500 with my cheap leapers handle mounted mil-dot. __________________ Contrary to what sells magazines, not all of us are, or want to be SpecOps, SEAL, Recon, Delta, CQB, Ninja, firearm-knife-tactical-death-touch instructors.

03-04-2008, 04:03 AM	#7
Riflemanz XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 242	If you want cheap go leapers,bsa,tasco,barska.You have a nice rifle,why not put a quality scope on it? __________________ NRA Member Menomonee Falls rod&gun club member I Reload .338wm,45-70,.308,.270,.223,45acp,44mag, fisherman, bowhunter,deerhunter XD45 acp

03-03-2008, 09:43 PM	#4
INDY-XD XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SOUTHERN,INDIANA Posts: 1,504	not sure what you mean by cheap.I just got done putting together a varmint rifle its not an ar platform but a remington 700 sps in .223 with bull barrel and put a nikon 4.5-14x40mm buckmaster with mil-dot. yes I gave $265.00, but it is the clearest and brightest scope I have ever owned. with the ar rifle you have and the distance you want to shoot , cheap might not be better but just my 2 cents good luck with what ever you buy! sharp looking rifle you have there!

03-03-2008, 09:58 PM	#5
rogerxd45 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: boise ID (its boy-see, not boy-z) Posts: 3,592	i have a nikon on mine it was $150 wich im sure is more then your thinking but the sweet 223 seems to be good from what i hear and i will be takeing the nikon off and putting it on my 308 when im done with my build and when i do that i will get a sweet 223

03-04-2008, 04:29 AM	#8
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 7,478	Nikon scopes are a bargain for under $300.00 and so are the Bushnell 2300. __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

03-04-2008, 05:17 AM	#9
zarcher XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 168	I got a leaper 3-9x40 for thirty bucks off e-bay last week. I took it to the range to shot on my car-15, at 200 yards with wolf ammo was holding 2.5-3 inch groups. Not on a true bench rest, just an ammo can with a shirt on it. The optic aren't the clearest and the value was good. Look on e-bay you will find some good scopes and at good prices. __________________ "Don't criticize them; they are what we would be under the same circumstances"-- President Lincoln "Respect is earned not given"

03-04-2008, 05:34 AM	#10
larz XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Kennesaw, GA Posts: 168	I was watching the movie S.W.A.T last night and I noticed that most of their AR or M4's had smallish scopes that I assume are Red Dot's and they were mounted directly to the handle with no mounts. I recently bought and returned a Bushnell Red Dot scope because it sat too high, nice scope though, it was their Trophy MP. Could someone enlighten me as to what kind of scopes they are and were I might get them? __________________ NRA Member Former GCO Member

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