Tell me again what this rifle is going to be used for....

by rob , Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 18:05 (3465 days ago) @ Byron

Well, this current rifle is an Armalite 16" flattop carbine with a traditional standard fore arm, etc...currently used for hogs, deer, homeland defense. I am in the process of accumulating parts for an SPR type AR that I may very well shoot prairie dogs and coyotes with and that's the reason I'd like a bit more magnification for this optic that will eventually go on that rifle and then I'm gonna put a basic Aimpoint on this carbine and it will more of a dedicated fighting rifle. While I tend to agree with you that a 10X scope seems out of place on an AR, I'm not sure I'd go as far as to say it has no place. When used as a hunting rifle for small game that magnification has as much place as it would on a .223 bolt action varmint rifle. But, until I get done accumulating parts and put that second rifle together I want better optics on this gun. We went hog hunting this last weekend, and while I didn't see any hogs, the first night I saw coons under the feeder at about 60 yards that looked like black blobs lit up with a Streamlight Stinger and a green filter. The second night I used my Guide Gun with a Leupold VX3 1.5-5 and could see the coons perfectly...and popped one. So, I need better optics on it, would like some magnification and possibly an illuminated reticle. Personally, I think the Trijicon AccuPoint TR24 with the triangle post reticle would be perfect and I'm leaning hard that way but I'm also having a hard time justifying spending over a grand on a rifle scope.