I would tend to agree, you get what you pay for, but given inexpensive optics, and what you can get out of them, I believe one can make good use of some lower end optics. Somewhere in the mid 90's, I ordered a 3rd generation scope mount for my M1A, and bought a 3-10x44mm Simmons scope from the sportsmans guide, I think refurbished, $80 or so. Now that rifle obviously calls for a much better scope, the same manufacturer did make some nice ones too, someday.... however it has performed flawlessly, and I mean absolutely without hesitation to state same. Several 250 yd whitetail deer taken, many other at less, and all kinds of other varmints, wood chuck, coyote, even a darned muskrat that undermined the culvert, some quick draw kinds of raise up and fire, for a heavy lunker, it is extremely dependable in all kinds of situations. A friend and I back in '97 set up with rests lengthwise on a 500 yd long field, confirmed with a range finder, he with a 300 win mag and I with the M1A, he had a Leupold, forget what model, still has it. Out at 400+ yards was a network of old woodchuck dens, field was in alfalfa a long time, he hit one, and it turned inside out, we had hand loaded for both rifles and I believe he was using the same 130 gr hollow point, darned things were accurate, IMR 3031 I believe and I forget the grains now, its written on one of those little cards somewhere. I used a military shelter half rolled up, and placed onto a bucket, had one get into the cross hairs and I took a shot, I went out there, and low and behold, there it was in the hole, my longest shot with a very inexpensive simmons scope and I have a witness to that effect, I don't tell fish stories, incredible I thought, figured there is just no way at that range. I knew without graduations on the cross hairs where to raise up to and knowing the general size of the woodchuck, known range and the air being still. Zeroed at 100 yards, and last season I took a whitetail with a perfect heart shot, was in half, I know at 250yds, to raise up 3" over the spine, that will get me in the vitals and I have no graduations/tick marks to use, I can very accurately hold that gap, its worked several times from a solid rest. I often place the crosshairs on live targets and practice my etiquette in preparation for a real shot, it helps me tremendously. I can recall one time while walking in, there was a chuck at close range, near where we set up, raised up and got him, as well as another like that near our pond, same with that muskrat, swimming across the surface, turned it inside out, but stopped the carnage on that culvert right quick. I recently bought an inexpensive Simmons for the Marlin 783, 22 wmr, have yet to try it, but for the price you can't beat it, and I would think it should perform. The mount on the M1A is solid, I can check every year and its not moved at all, that simmons has no issue with .308, its surprising, but I know from experience it is possible, sure I'd like real optics, range finding, illuminated reticule, red dot etc. but you work with what you have and that simmons never let me down all those years.
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