https://www.swfa.com/swfa-ss-2-5-10x...e-scope-1.html On sale right now for Labor Day $322.
2.5-10x32 that weighs just 9.5 ounces. Has capped, resettable turrets, and it is offered in a BDC reticle with wind holds.
I bought one and have been very pleased. I paid $379 I think, not realizing it would be discounted so soon afterward.
It does a couple things that are quite unique, but it does so at the expense of having short eye relief. This means it's not well suited to lightweight, heavy recoiling guns.
It is extremely well suited for lightweight, light recoiling guns.
My understanding is that, in order to maintain a wide field of view with the remarkably small eyepiece, eye relief must necessarily be reduced. I find it to be well worth the trade-off for lightweight guns without heavy recoil.
That being said, this configuration lends itself to a unique geometry that allows for mounting the scope with traditional 1" rings on any flattop AR. This is an interesting feature for people who would like to fine tune scope height beyond what the one-piece mounts allow. It also allows the scope to be used kind of like a carry handle if you mount it with 1" rings at the relatively high height of most one piece mounts. This is an image that was posted on a different forum:
The version I chose has an excellent BDC reticle with wind holds, primaraly calibrated for 5.56. The inner part of the reticle is quite precise in nature. The outer part is composed of heavy plex lines that bracket the precision part of the reticle and are very useful at speed or in low light. I find it to be well balanced and well executed. It's the type of reticle that I've always wished Leupold would offer.
Having capped, resettable turrets is also interesting. For example, it opens up the option of zeroing for 77 grain ammo, and then simply dialing from zero to whatever numbers you need for your 55 grain plinking ammo. When done playing around, simply dial back to zero.
I've currently got it mounted on a Ruger American Ranch in 7.62x39. I've found that using a 160 yard zeroing scheme lends itself to a good maximum-point-blank-range, and it gets me on the BDC at useful distances for a 16" barrel shooting Golden Tiger. The holds become 200, 225, 250, 300, 325, 350. It also has a fine hash for a hold-under to get you very close at 90-100 (otherwise it's hitting 1.65" high with this zero scheme). I would think some permutation of this zeroing scheme would work well for most any of the Howa,Ruger,CZ rifles in 7.62x30/300 blackout. Or an AK/AR in similar caliber.
I'm trying to talk myself out of buying another for my lightweight BCM.
Here is a link to a review by an electro-optical engineer who is also a serious shooter and pretty well known in the industry http://opticsthoughts.com/?p=2258