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I will be putting this scope on 223 bolt action and AR platform rifles. I probably will only shoot up to 500 yards and in. I have looked at the Rapid Reticle 223/308 FFP scope. I have looked at the Hawke Endurance 223 scope. I need one around 500 bucks because I need to buy multiple scopes. Any suggestions or what have you guys used in this price range. Thanks

Oh boy, now you've done it.

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I have not tried these but have 3 Tract scopes and all have been excellent.

Athlon BTR, Bushnell Nitro , SWFA SS 3-15

The Sightron S-TAC 4-20 with the MOA2 reticle.

Good shootin' -Al

Have a Burris E1 6.5-20x50 that works great .

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Doug and Cameraland will never steer you wrong.

If I was going to set up multiple rifles with one scope, this is what I'd buy. Very reasonable price. With the Burris online calculator, you can easily be killing pdogs out to 500 with any varmint caliber gun you choose. Cameraland has them in stock :

https://cameralandny.com/shop/brand...0135-de39-00163e90e196?variation=1693896
Here's the link to Burris' Ballistic calculator. Use the Reticle Analysis button.:
https://www.burrisoptics.com/ballistics

I won't say best but have 2-ea of these on .223 rat killers.

I’ve shot PDs for 25 plus years. You get what you pay for in optics. I like variable power scopes with 16-18 at the top end. Higher magnification often results in lots of mirage. All my PD rifles wear Leupold or Zeiss scopes.

I like scopes in the 4-14 power range and currently use Leupold and Weaver for the most part. As dale06 said higher magnification often results in lots of mirage and I agree that you get what you pay for in optics. Mine have been used for 20+ years without any problems.

I'd want a 10x MQ Fixed Fhuqker over everything cited,excepting perhaps a 3-15x FFP MQ. The only BTR's I shoot are Gen2 2-12's FFP Mil Lit Bitches and the reticle is too proud for said application,in my book. Hint.

You reap 10yd parallax,an erector that's real,a reticle that is intuitive/fast and jives the erector,huge erector travel,rock solid zero retention and unerring repeats. I hear that they can also take a lick. Burris,Reupold and Zeiss are fhuqking jokes. The tract is hilarious enough,to not even rate mention. Ooooops! Hint.

BDC's are a Wives Tale Myth,concocted to soothe Stupid Fhuqkers. Doubly so in a SFP,where the stupidity only aligns at one location on the zoom scale. An etched lineal angular scale grants opportunity like no other and the Mil version grants Base 10 simplicity. DOPE can easily be factored with ANY bullet,at ANY speed,at ANY distance and ANY interval of same,along with the wind at ANY angle and ANY velocity. Thus the inherent excellence of the Fixed Fhuqker and/or FFP MQ. Hint.

Al's Sightron notion is better than the others,but essentially only houses 50% of Fixed Fhuqker erector travel and is SFP...though it'll do what the others can't/won't and that is track and repeat,with nice parallax control. Hint.

Coming full circle and spit balling a 53gr V-Max at 3400fps in a modest atmosphere,it do thusly to 500yds. Hint.



Why you'd stop there,is your call,but I'd wanna know where the Transonic Slip is and count upon being able to reach same. Hint.



The 'Slip transpires betwixt the 925 and 950yd line,with the latter being a miserly 8.2 Mil correction. Everything from there back to the muzzle,is capably handled by the reticle alone and rather easily. Introduce atmospherics(wind) and you can contend 15mph full value at The 'Slip. Dial the come-up for a center elevation hold and slide the wind accordingly. You can mechanically fight 30mph full value at the 500yd line,with the reticle alone. Again,no big fhuqking deal or even close and I LOVE shooting 22LR beyond 500. Hint.



VERY few actually shoot or have a First Fhuqking Clue and they LOVE to prove it. It is a rather HILARIOUS fhuqking touch,when they "brag" on how long they've been Stupid and how amazingly sloooowwwww a "Learner" they are. Hint.

Fhuqking LAUGHING!...............

For colony varmints, the SWFA 10x Milquad is spectacular. The hash marks on the reticle will make you feel like a rock star after only a few shots in the field. 10-12x is where I find myself on a variable most of the time anyway once the mirage comes up. I remember thinking it'd be a handicap being stuck on 10x and laughing after the lightbulb came on and my hit count was through the roof!

While I’m in agreement that a 10x Milqd SWFA would go along way towards field hits and giggles from seeing red and brown chunks of fur going atmospheric.

I’m gonna toss a grenade into this mix and see if Big Stick will detonate on this optics platform @ a $450 price point.

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Sig Sauer Tango4 4-16x44 FFP lit reticle.




https://www.sigsauer.com/tango4-4-16x44-mm.html

One of the best scopes I have used was a JAP Bushnell . I think it was a 3X9 but was turned to 9 and never moved. My best with that scope & gun (223) was 562 yds..

It was extremely clear. I have never found another as good. I also liked Burris. They tended to be very clear.

HiggyBaby,

You are gonna talk me into trying out one of them 10x MQ Fixed Fhuqkers yet! Hint.................





'10,

The very picture you hung says "DISCONTINUED" and I don't see any available in Mil/Mil from a Vendor I trust. Have never shot one,so cain't comment,but the feature set makes sense in Base 10. Hint.............





upoopin,

I likely drive a "few" Japanese Bushies,but they are REAL scopes,not CrackerJack Play Toy's. Your's sounds like a Magnificent System,perhaps share some "particulars" in regards to same. Hint.

I'll go first. Lowly Massaged 700,S/S Shilen Double-Ouncer,bushed bolt & turned pin,Straight 1.350" "contour" to 24",MacaMillion A2(had Dick Davis fill it HEAVY),25 MOA on 1913,40 more in The 'Horn's,yada,yada,yada. Hint.






Fair to middlin' 500yd+ Egg Rifle,even with Weaver T-16x FCH. Hint.



You REALLY "know" your "stuff" and I LOVED the Burris Muse! Hint.

Fhuqking LAUGHING!...............

If only in extrapolation. Hint.

T-16x FCH. Hint.



Fixed Fhuqker 10x MQ,though I've shot it with 12x and 16x MQ's to boot...10x STEALS The Show. It's affectionately known as THE Baddest Mother Fhuqker On The Planet. Hint.





Pass the 10x MQ Fixed Fhuqker and hold The Fluff. Hint..............

I bought Hawke Frontier 30 5-30x50 SF - TMX Illuminated off of Doug today for varmints so I am hoping it works out!

Got a few different scopes heading to P Dog Mecca in the next couple weeks.

Namely an LRHS2 and a Vortex Razor HD Gen2 something or other.

Taking two 10X SS MQ's as back up to the two I'm taking.

Should be interesting to see how things shake out.