I am also a big fan of scopes. You don't hear much about scopes, but in a true SHTF scenario, I'd want them mounted on my rifles.
I like a good red dot sight. Got em on my AR and 30-30 and I love them for quick target acquisition. Yes, my Vortec has a 2 MOA dot, but out to 100 yards, you can zero in on a target so quickly. Zero Parallax from 50 yards out. One of the SWAT guys in our police dept recommended it to me.