Not illuminated but at only 6.5 ounces, worth a look IMO - https://www.leupold.com/fx-ii-ultral...lex-riflescope
I ran one on a lightweight AR and found it to offer good performance and value vs. its weight and size.
Not illuminated but at only 6.5 ounces, worth a look IMO - https://www.leupold.com/fx-ii-ultral...lex-riflescope
I ran one on a lightweight AR and found it to offer good performance and value vs. its weight and size.
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By the time I decided I wanted a 2-7 VX/R with illuminated reticle they had been discontinued.
I want more magnification than 2.5. I have a VX/R 1-4 “Hog Hunter “ on an AR and sometimes I’d like more than 4x.
I want to say the one I had the longest was a Burris Mini Compact AO... I can't recall if it was 4X or 6X, but the OD of the objective end was relatively small because the lens was probably no bigger in diameter than the main tube. Unlike some other scopes of the day, it held up to the two-way "snap" of a springer air rifle as well as a couple rimfires and a centerfire.
I thought very highly of it at the time, and within a few years I regretted not keeping it.
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An amusing compact scope setup from the Ukraine War.
PU 3.5x from a WW2 Mosin, mounted on a SCAR 17
When the VX-Rs were common, I simply didn't have the spare cash to afford one. Now that mine and my wife's financial situation has significantly approved, where I can afford to spend the money the VX-Rs are gone. I did score a crazy good deal on a VX-R 3-9 at the end, but 2-7s were hen's teeth at that point.
I like the glass and love the illumination in my 3-9, and I feel confident a VX-R 2-7 would be a perfect scope on my RAR 7.62x39.
I currently have a Burris MTAC 1.5-6 scope mounted on my RAR. While I like the magnification range of 1.5 to 6 on a hunting rifle along with the larger objective of the MTAC, I don't particularly like the reticle or the size. The tiny reticle with holdovers is fine for shooting at high visibility targets on the range, but it's quickly lost looking at brown fur in the brown woods. The illumination helps, but still nowhere near a good hunting reticle.
I'd love a relatively compact scope, with 1.Xish on the low end and 6ish to 8ish on the high end, with a German #4 reticle and a bright little dot right at the center of the reticle. Something as bright as a VX-R or a PST Gen II.
Here's the MTAC currently mounted: