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My DMR is complete (DSA FAL, FF hand guard, raised cheek piece, work and refinish done by Rich@CGW) except, I need a scope. I kinda ran over on my budget on it as I went, so right now I have very little money left for glass. So I am going to list two categories of scope (cheap and not-so-cheap) and hopefully you all can give some input.
My needs:
Illuminated Reticule
Variable power greatly preferred
Low power setting needs to be 3x or less (for CQB/close shots)
A CQB style reticule (like in the IOR) or a circle dot (like the Leupold and Mueller) is a must
Needs to be able to handle the .308
Cheap scopes (which I will buy one of these very soon just to get glass on the gun)
New Simmons 1.5-5x32 ProDiamond Master Shotgun Scope -Illuminated Diamond ($150.00ish)
Mueller 2-7x32 Multi-Shot -3 Reticule ($150.00ish)
Right now I am leaning towards the Mueller. I have read some positive things on it. Not too thrilled about it being 2x, but I can handle 3x for CQB/close shots if need be, so 2x won't be a deal-breaker. The fact that the max power is 7x is pretty nice though. Really overall that's a nice spread and should give me a lot of room to work with.
Not-so-cheap scopes: (which I will buy later on and shall reside permanently on the rifle)
IOR 1.1-4x26 Tactical 30mm Rifle Scope -Illuminated CQB reticule ($700.00)
Leupold 1.5-5x20 VX-III 30mm Riflescope -Illuminated Circle Dot ($500.00)
Honorable mentions
IOR 3x25 Tactical 30mm Rifle Scope -Illuminated CQB reticule ($600.00)
ACOG 3.5x or 4x ($800.00ish)
These are both fixed power and I don't particularly like the ACOG's on a FAL. The IOR 3X is kinda neat, but for $100-200 more I could have 1x more zoom and 2.9x less zoom.
Anything I missed? I don't want to spend $1000 on glass for this gun, that just doesn't make sense. A nice scope for this project should not cost more than $600-700 or so.
Thoughts?
My needs:
Illuminated Reticule
Variable power greatly preferred
Low power setting needs to be 3x or less (for CQB/close shots)
A CQB style reticule (like in the IOR) or a circle dot (like the Leupold and Mueller) is a must
Needs to be able to handle the .308
Cheap scopes (which I will buy one of these very soon just to get glass on the gun)
New Simmons 1.5-5x32 ProDiamond Master Shotgun Scope -Illuminated Diamond ($150.00ish)
Mueller 2-7x32 Multi-Shot -3 Reticule ($150.00ish)
Right now I am leaning towards the Mueller. I have read some positive things on it. Not too thrilled about it being 2x, but I can handle 3x for CQB/close shots if need be, so 2x won't be a deal-breaker. The fact that the max power is 7x is pretty nice though. Really overall that's a nice spread and should give me a lot of room to work with.
Not-so-cheap scopes: (which I will buy later on and shall reside permanently on the rifle)
IOR 1.1-4x26 Tactical 30mm Rifle Scope -Illuminated CQB reticule ($700.00)
Leupold 1.5-5x20 VX-III 30mm Riflescope -Illuminated Circle Dot ($500.00)
Honorable mentions
IOR 3x25 Tactical 30mm Rifle Scope -Illuminated CQB reticule ($600.00)
ACOG 3.5x or 4x ($800.00ish)
These are both fixed power and I don't particularly like the ACOG's on a FAL. The IOR 3X is kinda neat, but for $100-200 more I could have 1x more zoom and 2.9x less zoom.
Anything I missed? I don't want to spend $1000 on glass for this gun, that just doesn't make sense. A nice scope for this project should not cost more than $600-700 or so.
Thoughts?
