I need to avoid lots of extras with anything I do, but it's the time in life to get away from iron sights.
Lots has changed since I did a lot of hunting and service rifle shooting back in a previous life.
I know I paid less than $250 or so for the Nikons. One came as a package with a Savage 110 in .308. $380 or so out the door for rifle and scope. It’s by far the most accurate rifle I own.
The Savage trigger is outstanding. The other two live on a set of Ruger 10-22 rifles. One of those is their Takedown model. Every house in America should have at least one 10-22.
The Takedown lives in my truck and that scope has held zero very well considering.
For our AR rifles we settled on Aimpont. They run around $400 or so depending. Not cheap but very rugged. Wish we could afford the ACOG or Leupolds but that’s not in the budget.
Best of luck to you.
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The current cost/versus value winner in red dots is going to be the Holosun HE403-b. Normally around $170 and very high quality.
However, I am assuming from your comment that you are referring to aging eyes. If so, you may want to consider a Prism Optic. That is basically a red dot that allows for people with stigmatism to dial out the smear and get a very crisp red dot. Primary Arms Prism Red Dot would be the winner for that at the moment.