Wes Janson
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I've lately been trying to find an ideal scout rifle optic, and it seems to me that the handgun/scout scope market is nearly non-existent. Ideally, I'd like to find a variable-power optic that gives a decent range of magnification, from 2 or 3x up to 6 or 7, for shooting at distances of 5 to 500 yards. The catch is, the only thing going right now seems to be Leupold's VX-III 2.5-8x32mm, for approximately $450. There's a few other cheaper options from other manufacturers (Burris, Simmons, etc), but why isn't there so little choice in terms of durable, decent quality handgun glass? The Leupold seems like the way to go, but they only offer it in two models with an extremely limited selection of custom shop modifications. Is this such a small market that it's just not economical to mess with, or do they simply figure that low power optics mounted to stockless weapons don't require that much quality? Or am I looking for something that simply won't work out in practice?