I Need a Scope--Explain it to me like I'm 5.

[MT-nuffgun]

Dang nab it, I was just plinking steel with my Swfa 10x at a grand the other day. I bought it used off this site for $275. guess the scope must have forgotten it is a cheap POS .

 

[jfk69]

I’ve killed countless animals, including tiny coues deer who blend in like no other, coyotes, varmints etc. with SWFA fixed 6 scopes at more than double that yardage.

Exactly. I was shooting 1k with an SWFA 3-9.

 

[HuntHarder]

Uh oh, looks like some of SWFA die hards are getting defensive. Fwiw, they work fine. They are ugly as sin, I liken them to savage rifles. The glass is meh. But according to lots on here they work. I tried 1 and got rid of it. Nothing wrong with it, just didn't care for the looks or glass quality. If you are on a budget, they are a great option.

I used to shoot 500 yards with a burris FF2. Now my boy uses those poverty scopes on his .22's.

 

[fmyth]

Uh oh, looks like some of SWFA die hards are getting defensive. Fwiw, they work fine. They are ugly as sin, I liken them to savage rifles. The glass is meh. But according to lots on here they work. I tried 1 and got rid of it. Nothing wrong with it, just didn't care for the looks or glass quality. If you are on a budget, they are a great option.

I used to shoot 500 yards with a burris FF2. Now my boy uses those poverty scopes on his .22's.

I have no budget. I am at the point in my life that I could afford to purchase any scope manufactured today. I chose a SWFA 6X for its reliability and simplicity. I have used it to kill 3 elk and 4 mule deer in the last 4 years. The looks mean nothing to me. The glass is good enough for me to shoot steel at 1,000 yards and game out to 500 which is my self imposed limit.

 

[jfk69]

Uh oh, looks like some of SWFA die hards are getting defensive. Fwiw, they work fine. They are ugly as sin, I liken them to savage rifles. The glass is meh. But according to lots on here they work. I tried 1 and got rid of it. Nothing wrong with it, just didn't care for the looks or glass quality. If you are on a budget, they are a great option.

I used to shoot 500 yards with a burris FF2. Now my boy uses those poverty scopes on his .22's.

I’m not being defensive about SWFA scopes. I’m rebutting the comment that you can’t get a reliable long range scope without spending 1-2x or more what the rifle costs. That is a ridiculous assessment, followed by a passive aggressive response about how you need that for beyond 400 yards when he has zero knowledge of how far I shoot.

I do like the simplicity of SWFA, they’re reliable, glass is good enough for what I do and the 3-9 is probably the lightest reliable variable scope out there. I’m not a fan of the turrets but I can live with them.

 

[HuntHarder]

Yeah, the old statement of double the $$ for scope is a little out dated. I do appreciate the glass on higher $ scopes. If I could get Zeiss glass, nightforce reliability and leupold weight, I'd be a happy guy.

 

[jfk69]

Yeah, the old statement of double the $$ for scope is a little out dated. I do appreciate the glass on higher $ scopes. If I could get Zeiss glass, nightforce reliability and leupold weight, I'd be a happy guy.

At an SWFA price lol!