What LPVO for Scout/Shorty?

[rootacres]

So my eastern whitetail rig is a Ruger gunsite scout rifle in 450 BM. I want to move into a LPVO. I have a 3-9 accupoint right now. The 9x is nice for zeroing but I want something lower than 3X on the bottom end. The properties I hunt don’t have much shooting beyond 100 yds. I am open to both FFP and SFP as long as the reticle is usable at 1x in timber. Durability is a higher priority than glass quality for this application. I probably wont spend more than $1250 for this one. What say you? Thanks

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[_S_R_]

I wouldn’t go lpvo due to small objective low light transmission.

GPO 1.5-9x 32 or 44 ~ 450-700$ made in China with German components

Alpen 1.5-9x44 800$ made in Germany

Delta Optical Titanium HD 1.5-9x45 900$ made in Japan

Schmidt Bender Zenith 1.5-6x42 Zenith 1229$​

 

[BjornF16]

Trijicon Credo 1-6x24 has FFP and SFP options in your price range. I have a FFP one and like it.

Slightly above your price point is the Credo 1-8. I’d like one of these myself and I’ll start looking for some holiday deals.

I have a NF NX8 1-8x24 capped with the FC-DMx reticle as well that is my favorite LVPO

 

[gr8fuldoug]

Arken 1-6 or 1-8 are both on sale for under $300.00

Hawke has a few very good options

Sightron S-TAC 1-6x24 - IR AR1 is on sale for only $374.99

Demo Meopta Optika6 1-6x24 FFP - K-Dot on sale for only $449.99

Please feel free to give us a call, 516-217-1000, to discuss different options and what might be best for you

 

[Loper]

You may want to keep an eye out for a Vortex Razor 1.5-8x32. They made them for a while and then discontinued them. This would probably work well for your rifle.

 

[RWT]

Product Description

Product Description | Camera Land NY

cameralandny.com

Sightton 1-6 on sale and it passed the drop test. See eval

Sightron STAC 1-6x24mm SFP Field Eval

This is a field evaluation of the Sightron STAC 1-6x24mm SFP scope. This scope was sent to Ryan from Sightron for the Evaluation. The baseline 20 round group with this lot of ammunition was 1.3” at 100 yards. The scope and weight- Turrets: .25 MOA elevation and windage turrets are...

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Doug here in the forum can answer questions.

 

[gr8fuldoug]

Product Description

Product Description | Camera Land NY

cameralandny.com

Sightton 1-6 on sale and it passed the drop test. See eval

Sightron STAC 1-6x24mm SFP Field Eval

This is a field evaluation of the Sightron STAC 1-6x24mm SFP scope. This scope was sent to Ryan from Sightron for the Evaluation. The baseline 20 round group with this lot of ammunition was 1.3” at 100 yards. The scope and weight- Turrets: .25 MOA elevation and windage turrets are...

rokslide.com

Doug here in the forum can answer questions.

Always happy to help

 

[Macintosh]

I put a trijicon accupoint 1-6 on my 7600 for a tracking and still-hunting whitetail gun. I dont have the experience with it to say how durable it will be in the long run, but I can say the scope is very useable, good longish eye relief and forgiving eyebox, the duplex reticle is very good against brush and busy backgrounds, and the always-on dot is pretty great. Some of the above scopes with larger objective lenses, especially the s&b, Im sure would be a touch brighter in very low light if thats a major consideration for you, but having used my accupoint on some very overcast days in very dark woods (cedar swamp), very few people will find the scope lacking in low light. I looked thru credo, huron, etc lpvo reticle options and really didnt care for the reticles—you might though. Im very happy so far with the accupoint, its the best combination of qualities Ive found for the use by a pretty wide margin.

Thread 'Trijicon accupoint 1-6 x 24'
https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/trijicon-accupoint-1-6-x-24.377918/

 

[rootacres]

I put a trijicon accupoint 1-6 on my 7600 for a tracking and still-hunting whitetail gun. I dont have the experience with it to say how durable it will be in the long run, but I can say the scope is very useable, good longish eye relief and forgiving eyebox, the duplex reticle is very good against brush and busy backgrounds, and the always-on dot is pretty great. Some of the above scopes with larger objective lenses, especially the s&b, Im sure would be a touch brighter in very low light if thats a major consideration for you, but having used my accupoint on some very overcast days in very dark woods (cedar swamp), very few people will find the scope lacking in low light. I looked thru credo, huron, etc lpvo reticle options and really didnt care for the reticles—you might though. Im very happy so far with the accupoint, its the best combination of qualities Ive found for the use by a pretty wide margin.

Thread 'Trijicon accupoint 1-6 x 24'
https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/trijicon-accupoint-1-6-x-24.377918/

Exactly the input I was hoping to get. Thank you for the write up. I am leaning accupoint with the reticle you have. I have the 3-9 accupoint with the post style reticle. Usable but I’m finding that I prefer the more traditional reticle. I think the 1-6 would offer a great all around option for what I’m doing.

 

[_S_R_]

Exactly the input I was hoping to get. Thank you for the write up. I am leaning accupoint with the reticle you have. I have the 3-9 accupoint with the post style reticle. Usable but I’m finding that I prefer the more traditional reticle. I think the 1-6 would offer a great all around option for what I’m doing.

don’t want to steer you wrong way. Another option with higher top end available on 40% sale.

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[_S_R_]

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[Adam Gibbs]

I went from a 3-9x40 to a Primary Arms SLx 1-6x24 FFP on my 450. I went with that scope because I also have it on my 2 gun rifle, which I abuse fairly heavily and it never left me lacking performance. I hunted with it for a few weeks now and have been very happy. Still can see through the scope past legal light, so the x24mm objective diameter isn't inhibiting light transmission enough to worry about.

I'm not saying it's drop tested approved by any means. One day I thought about getting around to it but for now, shooting both of these rifles pretty often, I can see it hasn't lost zero yet.

FFP is nice with that ACSS reticle because at 1x to 2x it's really just a big red dot in the scope. Pretty fast at hitting moving and up close targets.