I'm going to buy a Smith Ent. scope mount and I need a good scope to put on my M1A. I plan on doing most of my shooting at or under 500 yards but I would like the ability to shoot at 1000 yd. I realize at that range it is more up to me than the rifle or the scope but it would be nice to know that if i ever had time to put in that much practice my equipment would be capable of pulling it off.
I think I would like a medium power scope, a variable power that might go up to 14x, 12x at the least. I also would like some sort of range finding reticle. Some thing like a mil-dot but with less math involved. An illuminated reticle would be nice but not necesary. I would like big adjustment turrets at 1/4 moa clicks. I can't understand the benefit of anything bigger than a 40mm objective so I would like that size exit lense.
I was looking at some of the leupold vx-4 series with the M1 target knobs with the mil-dot reticle but i would really like to try something other than the mil-dot for target ranging.
What have you guys used and what do you suggest? Did I miss anything?
I think I would like a medium power scope, a variable power that might go up to 14x, 12x at the least. I also would like some sort of range finding reticle. Some thing like a mil-dot but with less math involved. An illuminated reticle would be nice but not necesary. I would like big adjustment turrets at 1/4 moa clicks. I can't understand the benefit of anything bigger than a 40mm objective so I would like that size exit lense.
I was looking at some of the leupold vx-4 series with the M1 target knobs with the mil-dot reticle but i would really like to try something other than the mil-dot for target ranging.
What have you guys used and what do you suggest? Did I miss anything?