08-31-2020, 05:53 PM
While a great deal of information has been covered and is quite good, I might add that if you are using the scope to work up loads, having a little more magnification up top isn't a bad thing.
Most of us can knock off a tenth or two in group size by dialing up the magnification (i.e. I have a .223 bolt gun that is a .6 MOA shooter with a fixed 10x USO on it, but I shoot.5 MOA or a little better sometimes when it's wearing a 6-24x Sightron SIII).
A 500 dollar limit will include a lot of decent optics...I might say though that few in that price range are going to have dead nuts repeatability or exact adjustments if you do a lot of dialing, so a good BDC might be a better option.
My last scope at your price limit was a Trijicon 4-16 Accupower (now discontinued). I got it on sale from Optics Planet for a hair under $500...but I think I've seen them floating around for around $600 on Gunbroker. In that price point, you aren't going to beat the glass either...And I have a handful of mid-level Vortex, Leupold, and Bushnell scopes to compare it to.
Most of us can knock off a tenth or two in group size by dialing up the magnification (i.e. I have a .223 bolt gun that is a .6 MOA shooter with a fixed 10x USO on it, but I shoot.5 MOA or a little better sometimes when it's wearing a 6-24x Sightron SIII).
A 500 dollar limit will include a lot of decent optics...I might say though that few in that price range are going to have dead nuts repeatability or exact adjustments if you do a lot of dialing, so a good BDC might be a better option.
My last scope at your price limit was a Trijicon 4-16 Accupower (now discontinued). I got it on sale from Optics Planet for a hair under $500...but I think I've seen them floating around for around $600 on Gunbroker. In that price point, you aren't going to beat the glass either...And I have a handful of mid-level Vortex, Leupold, and Bushnell scopes to compare it to.