I posted this over at WTA, but THR's rifle section has a lot more traffic:
I have an M14 clone with an Ultimak on it now, so I'm wondering what glass to put on it. I already have an iron-sight only M1A and a conventionally scoped SAI NM, so I already have the iron sights and conventional scope angles covered. I'm trying to decide if I want to go red dot on this one, or scout scope.
OT1H, putting a dot on it will kinda make it a nice "fast" .308 battle rifle. OTOH, putting a red dot on it robs you of the benefits of magnification, which a big .308 rifle just screams for. In either case, I can make use of the optic if I decide not to use it on this rifle. I have an old enfield that someone converted to a scout, and it needs glass. It can wear the scout scope if I decide it won't work here. And if the micro doesn't sing to me on this rifle, I have about a half dozen rifles that would gladly adopt it. Still, it would be nice to get this one squared away and move on.
What I wish is that I could put the Micro out on the Ultimak rail and put a magnifier further back on another rail, but I don't think I can make the height, eye relief, distance between the optics, etc match up.
Anyone have thoughts about the Burris IER vs the Leupold IER? Leupold, of course, has a better rep for quality, but the Burris has a lifetime warranty and their IER scopes offer some neat features. http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=6&f=6&t=241015&page=1
Thanks,
Mike
I have an M14 clone with an Ultimak on it now, so I'm wondering what glass to put on it. I already have an iron-sight only M1A and a conventionally scoped SAI NM, so I already have the iron sights and conventional scope angles covered. I'm trying to decide if I want to go red dot on this one, or scout scope.
OT1H, putting a dot on it will kinda make it a nice "fast" .308 battle rifle. OTOH, putting a red dot on it robs you of the benefits of magnification, which a big .308 rifle just screams for. In either case, I can make use of the optic if I decide not to use it on this rifle. I have an old enfield that someone converted to a scout, and it needs glass. It can wear the scout scope if I decide it won't work here. And if the micro doesn't sing to me on this rifle, I have about a half dozen rifles that would gladly adopt it. Still, it would be nice to get this one squared away and move on.
What I wish is that I could put the Micro out on the Ultimak rail and put a magnifier further back on another rail, but I don't think I can make the height, eye relief, distance between the optics, etc match up.
Anyone have thoughts about the Burris IER vs the Leupold IER? Leupold, of course, has a better rep for quality, but the Burris has a lifetime warranty and their IER scopes offer some neat features. http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=6&f=6&t=241015&page=1
Thanks,
Mike