[Chainmail]

Ah, c'mon: Trijicon ACOG TA-30. Best combat scope, bar none. Rugged, precise, great reticles, solid illumination. Expensive? Sure - but what price do you put on you defense system?

If it's good enough for our armed forces, why settle for the knockoffs?

[RandallFlagg]

I’ll eventually get an ACOG, but that’ll probably have to wait until next year.

[RC one]

If I actually intended to go into combat or only had one rifle that needed an optic, I might consider shelling out the ridiculous amount of money for trijicon or nightforce or whatever but I don't in both cases and the fact is, the Leupold AR Mod 1 I mentioned is a good little AR scope for less than $600 and the Vortex is a really really good scope for about a grand. It has an illuminated mil dot reticle, front focal plane, 6-24x magnification, a zero stop, large very precise tactical turrets with positive and repeatable clicks, side focus, robust construction, and an unlimited lifetime warranty all for about a grand. A 1-4x Vortex more suited to an AR platform retails for around $600 or half the price of trijicon.