dranrab
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Whats out there in the sub 1K price range? Here are the parameters:
Non negotiables:
Not made in China
Second Focal Plane
42mm minimum objective
Can give a little on some of these:
3.5 inches of eye relief minimum
12X or higher high magnification
20 Ounces max weight
It's going on a lighter weight hunting rifle to be used primarily in southern woods, often in poor light May see some use on a western hunt one day.
Won't ever dial windage. Probably won't ever dial elevation, but a dialing elevation turret would be okay with a zero stop. Not into tacticool. Don't need a crazy reticle. The simpler the better. elevation hash marks are okay. Prefer a finer center mark, be it a dot or crosshairs.
Right now the only one that I have found that checks all those boxes are a Leupold VX5HD 3-15x44.
A Trijicon Accupoint 2.5-12.5x42 and a Nightforce SHV 3-10x42 come close.
Non negotiables:
Not made in China
Second Focal Plane
42mm minimum objective
Can give a little on some of these:
3.5 inches of eye relief minimum
12X or higher high magnification
20 Ounces max weight
It's going on a lighter weight hunting rifle to be used primarily in southern woods, often in poor light May see some use on a western hunt one day.
Won't ever dial windage. Probably won't ever dial elevation, but a dialing elevation turret would be okay with a zero stop. Not into tacticool. Don't need a crazy reticle. The simpler the better. elevation hash marks are okay. Prefer a finer center mark, be it a dot or crosshairs.
Right now the only one that I have found that checks all those boxes are a Leupold VX5HD 3-15x44.
A Trijicon Accupoint 2.5-12.5x42 and a Nightforce SHV 3-10x42 come close.