Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics Lightweight scope for a 308, suggestions??

I managed just fine for years with pre-Vari-X IIs and Vari-X IIs that have lens coatings in the Rifleman and VX1 catagory, scopes that are now considered by some to not be worth the effort of mounting.

But what the heck, I regularly get by with inferior Nikon, Redfield, Simmons, and Weaver scopes too.

Jeff

Can't argue with what works for each individual. They all are way ahead of what I started with. (A Lyman-2x-I think, with 1/2in tube.)

Still remember the first Buck I shot with that scope at around 100yards on a day with the snow coming down.

Thanks for all the reply's! Looks like it comes down to the 2X7 or 1.75X6. The staight tube (objective) scopes look nice but I find them a little too dim in poor light.

I have a couple of 2x7x33 and have used them for years and I have two 2.5x8s and don't see much difference..Actually for a light compact rifle in .308 my choice of scope would be a to find an old used 3X M8 or 4X..They are tough and all the scope you will ever need for big game hunting..varibles are the product of some pretty fancy marketing and a gullible public.