Budget AR scope?

[bojangles808]

Any recs on something for an AR plinker that works and isn't more than $2-300? Open to red dot lpvo or 2-10, 3-9 type. Currently have a swfa 3-9 but would like to swap for another gun and save some money on its replacement

 

[Flymost]

10x swfas tend to go for $250 on the used market.

 

[bojangles808]

10x swfas tend to go for $250 on the used market.

Yea I have a couple it's a little more scope than I want and the 6x are more than I was wanting to pay

 

[nm.otter]

A friend recently mounted one of these on an AK. It apparently works.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Romeo5. Guy can do a lot with just a simple red dot

Also dropped a burris E1 3-9 on one for a while. Actually a nice lil scope. Unsure how bomb proof it is though.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Another thought

https://www.ebay.com/itm/358516321279

 

[MTBackroads]

Swfa 1-4 or ultralight 2.5-10

 

[BLJ]

Another thought

https://www.ebay.com/itm/358516321279

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That’s the answer for the OP right there.

Would be nice in my 308.

 

[bwood1]

NOT a Swampfox LPVO.

I found this thread, because I was searching for the same need. This thing loses zero if I breath on it. I rezeroed 2 range trips ago. Drove down normal concrete roads 10ish miles, put it in the safe then drove back to the range a couple of weeks later. Lost zero low about a mil just like before. Apparently it doesn't like leisurely car rides in a modern SUV, and 6.5 Grendel AR recoil.

It's what I get for going cheap I guess.

 

[Steve300xcw]

That’s the answer for the OP right there.

Would be nice in my 308.

That things $200! You're cheaper than that

 

[winter993]

Primary Arms is my usual go to for budget optics.

 

[Joe Holden]

I've got a bushnell 1.5-4.5x32 mounted on mine. Hasn't been beat up much but has retained zero since mounting 2+ years ago.

Think I bought it off amazon back then for under $100

Edit: Feb of 2024, it was $75