AR-15 .223/556 scope question

Me | 4-27-15 | RandallFlagg

[Magnum44]

Understood, as there is no single “best scope”. Anyway, good luck with your search.

[RandallFlagg]

Thank you, FRiend.

[Eagles6]

I’m still looking too. Haven’t decided.

[RandallFlagg]

Show me yours and I'll show you mine...

[mylife]

Vortex Strikefire.

[RandallFlagg]

I think I found it:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LVGXF54/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1GXU3A18OSYP9&coliid=I3TSLN8UNRJAHL

Anyone have any experience with this scope?

[RC one]

When you go into combat, it will serve you well, I'm sure. For me, my optics work much better for shooting tiny little shot groups at the rifle range however which is what I primarily find myself doing.

If I needed to use them in combat, which seems pretty unlikely, I would be perfectly comfortable with either the AR Mod 1 or the Viper PST. I also have a top end tactical Nikon Monarch on an Armalite AR10T which I liked a lot initially but now I feel like it really needs a Vortex PST so I'll probably sell it at some point and switch out.

[mylife]

The Nikon P223 series is some fine AR Glass for the price.

[mylife]

Down side is they do not come with mounts.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_6_6?url=search-alias%3Dsporting&field-keywords=nikon%20p223&sprefix=Nikon+%2Csporting%2C193

[Chainmail]

Like you, I don’t think I’ll be doing anymore combat time (my last time was 48 years ago) and if I did, my sentimental favorite would me an M14..

But - what really is an AR-15 for? Plinking gophers? I would think that it’s a primary contingency weapon for close-in defense of your home and neighborhood. I.e., a combat weapon. Mine was out of the gun safe last night in case the Baltimore entertainment spread a few miles south.

[RC one]

But - what really is an AR-15 for? Plinking gophers?

It's a highly adaptable all purpose modern sporting rifle. That adaptability is what makes it so popular I think. The purpose of this "modern sporting rifle" has been a topic of much discussion.

I would think that it’s a primary contingency weapon for close-in defense of your home and neighborhood. I.e., a combat weapon.

It is certainly capable of filling that role. It's capable of reaching out beyond "close in combat" distances too.

Mine was out of the gun safe last night in case the Baltimore entertainment spread a few miles south.

The rifle and scope you have chosen would certainly serve you well in that case. I typically prefer higher magnification variable power scopes. I just can't justify $1,300 for a fixed 4x power scope no matter how good it is, especially on rifles that I have built to shoot MOA or better, rifles designed to exploit chinks in the armor.

[Chainmail]

Four power or not, I have been very successful out to 300 m. More difficult to distinguish small targets but excellent field of view, good edge-to-edge sharpness, good low light capture, etc.

The main value of the ACOG is the “both eyes open” viewing and aiming technique that really improves fast acquisition of targets in all light.

The main advance that the ACOG in its Rifle Combat Optic (RCO) guise has dramatically improved combat effectiveness for the Marines and other forces that use it.

Consider too, resale: ACOGs routinely sell used for $800 and more. The other scopes rarely retain their value as well.

[RC one]

I'm certainly not implying that it isn't a quality optic. It's just a lot of money for a scope that doesn't do precisely what I want my scope to do. It definitely has it place. Were I in the market for such a thing, I would look closely at it. I would also have to look closely at the Leupold HAMR which is nice because it has a rail that allows you to affix a reflex site to the top of the scope giving you both a medium range optic and a CQB optic.