Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow
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I went the whole uber kewl tactical recommendation for a M4 "type" AR......and found all of the sighting recommendations laking for 'my' uses. I don't fight terrorist.....I don't raid crack houses......I don't do a lot of things that the guys that get PAID to shot uber kewl M4's do. I DO however, spend a lot of time on my 400 acre farm.....controlling varmints and predators. I do confront the occasional[at least once a year] poacher or trespasser, who is almost always armed with a long arm. I stuck with the basic M4gery type set up[went with a mid length match barrel, DD rail for the flashlight, and Magpull stock], but I settled on a simple compact variable scope, 2x7 Burris, for my optic[ I would have gone with the Trijicon Accupoint if it would have had a better reticle]. I NEED the extra precision of more power for "sniping" varmints and coyotes. I can dial it down to 2 power and a generous field of view for most of my shooting, and with QD mounts, I can easily remove it for use of my ARMS BUIS.
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This man speaks wisely; +1. One of the better choices are the 1.5-6x40 or 1.5-6x42mm offerings from Swarovski or Zeiss - you may as well have a large objective and not waste all that space down to the rifle, as high as AR optics have to be. Big field of view also. Dialed down to 1.5, it covers close in very well.
http://www.swfa.com/c-1041-swarovski-illuminated-pvi-2-riflescopes.aspx
http://www.swfa.com/pc-8863-310-new-zeiss-15-6x42-victory-diavari-30mm-rifle-scope.aspx
Those two are the illuminated versions of those scopes, but I think they come unilluminated as well. Of course the illuminated ones work with or without use of the illuminator.
These are large, but if you don't mind the size/weight, they're the pig's feces in an all purpose scope. IMO.
Having said that, the Accupoint 1.25-4x24mm is a kick butt scope - incredible eye relief and optical quality. It also works without batteries. The new Leupold prismatic will also still work if the batteries fail, due to the etched glas reticle. On a tight budget, you could even run with the Millett DMS-1.