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Does anyone make a good scope with reliable turrets that is not super heavy? 2x8 or 3 x 12 range. Budget is under $5000.00

$5000?

Does reliable turrets mean for continuous dialing or for moving poi the stated amount then left alone?

What do you mean by "super heavy"?

Tract Toric 2-10x42

turrets for continuous dialing. I am building a lightweight rifle.

SWFA 6x or 3-9x work well, if you can find one. If you want to spend more money, there are a handful of reliable options around the same weight.

Zeiss V4's! Good quality. Not European made such as the V6. Light. Clear. Great features. Seems to be tracking well. I'm running the 4-16x50. The 44mm is a skootch lighter.

Alan

The answer is no. I have been looking for what you want for years and it doesn’t exist at any budget, which is ridiculous, but that’s reality. They are either light and don’t work properly like the alpha glass offerings from Swaro and Zeiss, or they are heavy and they work. Or they remain unproven. The best compromise I have come up with so far is the March 2.5-25x52 which is way more mag than I want or need, but it works properly and doesn’t weigh 2 lbs. Same with the Schmidt and Bender Klassic 3-12x50. Great scope, I’m just not thrilled with the reticle choices personally. The Trijicon Credo in 2.5-15x44 is worth a look too. None of those are true lightweights, but they are as light as you will find for scopes that work. That said, most of my hunting guns wear Nightforce and I cut weight elsewhere. I don’t want to worry about my scope and unfortunately, the vast majority of even expensive scopes out there fail miserably when it comes to durability.

I purposely left SWFA’s off the list due to perpetual unavailability, but the 6x and 3-9x are worthy contenders, as mentioned.

OP until you state actual weight in Oz you're going to get lots of guesses.

I have dialed enough yards on the Leupold VX3 2.5-8 to go half way around the world but that optic is getting limited in proper configurations.

MARCH!!

Show us the model and the weight.

It'll be fun.

The price of reliability is weight.

No way to get around that.

A complicated BDC of some sort would be a better compromise.

Depends on how "heavy" is defined.

S&B PMII 6x42 or 10x42, but they don't meet the power ranges you listed.

Most of the S&B Klassic's can have a BDC dial added, but it's only 3.2 mil. With the P3 (mildot) reticle it's a usable option for hunting to 600 yards (+/-). The 3-12x42 Klassic with a P3 and BDC is ~21oz

Nightforce NXS 2.5-10 is nice for dialing but the reticles are lacking.

SWFA's are tough to get.

I have a Nightforce NXS 2.5-10x42 as of right now I have this scope on one of my .308 rifles. This scope has always worked perfect for me. I have had this scope on a few different rifles, I never had a heck-up with this scope.

I might be interested in getting another one.

$5K?!!

The world is your oyster. Don’t know about weights in that rarified air, but for those bucks I’d be looking at S&Bs.

Back here on Earth, I’ve gotten reliable adjustments out of scopes at from about $150 (Burris Fullfields), $300 (SWFA), and $600-$900ish (Tract and Trijicon). Not a big dialer as the ranges I shoot at don’t require much, but done a lot of swapping around, and all those have moved as directed during those shenanigans. Centering them before mounting seems to simplify the process.

The Tract scopes, even the 1” ones, either come with a zero stop in the box (Toric), or have them available as an accessory (Tekoa), if that’s something you want. The zero stop also comes with a cap for extra protection against whoopsies, although the knob must be lifted to adjust.

I have a 3-9 SWFA I’d be willing to let go for $5k

What would be “fun” is if the lighter weight Rupolds actually tracked and returned to zero. If they did I’d own a bunch. On the other hand my March Compact 2.5-25’s just plain work

I never had any problems with dialing Leupolds but then I alway mounted them on good rifles.

YMMV.

So far the best options I've found are the Zeiss v4 and the Vortex razor hd lht and nightforce shv. All have been spot on for me. Also just started working with a tract toric so far so good.