Thought I had settled on a good "first rifle + glass" combo, less sure now

[BAC]

New to the forum. What about Vortex or Tract optics as possible options?

Neither brand particularly interests me. Vortex's customer service is pretty great but also well practiced per the experience of my coworkers across a variety of their products. Tract I haven't heard of. Maybe they're good, sounds like from the one bigger topic in the scope evals that this is unlikely. I'll be using the scope to accuracy test both AR's but the upper it will live on will be my work gun, so it does have to adhere to policy requirements and that eliminates the vast majority of what would be recommended here just because of the requirements for 1x and having only a handful of permissible brands. Leupold, Trijicon, Aimpoint, Eotech, Nightforce, US Optics, Vortex, and maybe one other.

 

[leomort]

BAC,

Thank you for your reply. My question regarding Vortex is because I see their advertisements everywhere, from their podcast to them recommendations for Appleseed 22lr matches, NRL-22, MARS competition, etc. Granted I'm only putting it on 22lr, but it still cost money. Some of these guys are putty serious $$$ into their Vudoo, RimX plus scope. I don't want to get into an equipment race to be competitive but don't want to buy junk and have to keep upgrading either.

Tract optics is direct to consumer business model. I believe their two ex-Nikon employees who started their own business.

 

[fwafwow]

Tract optics is direct to consumer business model. I believe their two ex-Nikon employees who started their own business.

Tract Toric Ultra HD 3-15x50mm Field Eval

This is a field evaluation of the Tract Toric Ultra HD 3-15x50mm. This scope was sent to me from from Ryan Avery for evaluation. It was sent to him from a forum member. The ammunition used was Hornady Black 168gr AMAX that was purchased by Ryan. The 20 round proof group was just over 1.1 MOA...

rokslide.com

Apart from the evaluation results, the company (or at least the RS member who appears to work there) flip-flopped on the concept of drop testing. You can see it in the Q&A (or the notable post that was deleted but can still be found).

 

[leomort]

Fwafwow,

Yes, I think I seen the flip flop decision you're talking during my searching of the forums. A lot of good information which is why I joined. Looking forward to learning a lot.

 

[swampmaster]

My grandson is also on the skinny side. At 9 he's not even 70lbs. He's been shooting for a while and does well with the 5.56 and he loves to shoot my daughters 12 semiauto tac. Some kids are like I was when I was young. I knew I had to be able take the recoil if I was going to hang with the big guys. The kid I'm sure won't worry about the muzzle blast after watchiing him dump a mag of 12's. Sitting at the bench though and worrying about shot placement are a different story though. I think he will do pretty well with the 7-08 at min loads. I'll probably get him behind mine a few times before I complete his build. It couldn't hurt to have an extra rifle in the rack if he decides it's too much until he is older. Both of my kids moved into 30-06 at young ages after I purchased a 742 carbine and a 742 bdl lefty from my Uncle before he passed. The auto made recoil manageable and I restricted them to one round in the weapon and they knew if I caught them with more they would end up carrying my old HR 058 20ga instead of a fancy rifle.