Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Muzzleloaders Best scope under $400 for a smokeless ML

I don't fiddle with inline front stuffers and alternate reality gunpowders, but on point of what might work for you, take a look at your local gunshop or online for the old El Paso Weaver K series scopes, or perhaps better yet, a Leupold M8-2.5 Compact. I doubt you'll have to spend $100 for either and they are perfectly functional for ranges out to a couple hundred yards, have decent eye relief and so far I've never had to have one repaired after the initial rebuild or clean up. With luck you won't need to do either. Both of the scopes below were purchased less than $100.

The Leupold scope on my Contender, and note that I have two other barrels for the frame that have K2.5's mounted. One is a .30-30 and it's going strong after near 20 years.





Weaver K2.5 on the 10/22:





I'll leave it to you to decide if they are capable of adequate precision. 3 shots with the 10/22