OK, what do you all think? My LAR-8 is the full-length 20" barrel A4 model. I have deliberated exhaustively with myself over what optic to put on it for weeks now. I was torn between a Leupold VX-R 4-12X50 and the ACOG TA11E.
I would like to find a lighted-reticle fixed 6X scope with good eye relief and good objective. I looked at the TA55 and TA648 and...wow, big scopes. I looked at the TA31's, eye relief sucks. There are fixed 6X scopes out there but none with the lighted reticle and/or have sucky objectives.
I want to use this rifle for, well, just about everything you could use a rifle for, I just feel that 6X would be the best magnification for any application I'd ever need.
I just can't get over the perceived fragility of variable power scopes and want to put something rock-solid on it. This fixation on fixed power is that I don't want the option to meddle with things, or for something to go wrong at the wrong time, it is a distraction to me, I just want a no frills piece of equipment.
As of right now I've more-or-less "settled" on the TA11E because it is fixed power (albeit less magnification than I desire), lighted (almost indefinitely) reticle that doesn't need batteries, is relatively compact and as we all know, tough as brick crap-house.
So, if there is an optic out there that fits my criteria, please, do tell. I will give them a look, and uh, lets keep it <$1,500, thanks.
I would like to find a lighted-reticle fixed 6X scope with good eye relief and good objective. I looked at the TA55 and TA648 and...wow, big scopes. I looked at the TA31's, eye relief sucks. There are fixed 6X scopes out there but none with the lighted reticle and/or have sucky objectives.
I want to use this rifle for, well, just about everything you could use a rifle for, I just feel that 6X would be the best magnification for any application I'd ever need.
I just can't get over the perceived fragility of variable power scopes and want to put something rock-solid on it. This fixation on fixed power is that I don't want the option to meddle with things, or for something to go wrong at the wrong time, it is a distraction to me, I just want a no frills piece of equipment.
As of right now I've more-or-less "settled" on the TA11E because it is fixed power (albeit less magnification than I desire), lighted (almost indefinitely) reticle that doesn't need batteries, is relatively compact and as we all know, tough as brick crap-house.
So, if there is an optic out there that fits my criteria, please, do tell. I will give them a look, and uh, lets keep it <$1,500, thanks.