AR10 in 308 scope recommendations

[whatmeworry]

I am building a longer distance AR10 308 rifle. I?m having the upper built by CompassLake engineering out of Florida using an aero precision upper and a Krieger barrel.

I?m matching it to a Aero Precision lower. My question is what scopes in the mid/higher price range would you recommend going out to say 600 yards? And why? Oh, I think I?m leaning towards a first focal plane type scope.




As a side note, I wanted an adjustable trigger, so my research led me to https://www.elftactical.com. I?m not at all affiliated with these guys but their customer service is excellent. I messed up a screw and without hesitation they sent me replacements on their dime. I like the way their trigger screws into the side of the receiver instead of using pins (their match trigger)- there is no movement at all. I still need to test the adjustment feature so cannot talk about that part.

[smoothy8500]

CLE makes some good uppers. Lots of options in the mid to higher price range scopes. Around $700: Vortex Viper PST Gen II, Burris XTR, etc.

I use the Vortex 3-15 on my Aero M5, here on the 600yd line shooting NRA Tactical Rifle division.

[Chewbaca]

for a 308 you shouldn't need anything over a 10x

[mej16489]

I've been happy with this for many years:
https://www.primaryarms.com/glx-4-16...mr-308-reticle

[kcstott]

Originally Posted by Chewbaca

for a 308 you shouldn't need anything over a 10x

I love how some associate caliber with magnification.

Caliber has noting to do with it. It's the shooters ability, the size of the target, and the expected level of precision. Sure if you want to stick with 1970's thought process go right ahead. But for me the bare minimum is a 5-25x of a good quality scope. Vortex, Night Force, Leupold.

[kcstott]

Brownells has a great budget scope.

MPO scope

These will get you a solid platform with good magnification. and you can't beat Brownells service.

[whatmeworry]

Originally Posted by kcstott

I love how some associate caliber with magnification.

Caliber has noting to do with it. It's the shooters ability, the size of the target, and the expected level of precision. Sure if you want to stick with 1970's thought process go right ahead. But for me the bare minimum is a 5-25x of a good quality scope. Vortex, Night Force, Leupold.

Those 3 are my shortlist

[smoothy8500]

The arguments shouldn't be about magnification or zoom ratios, but about glass quality, and most importantly, the turret reliability/repeatability.

600yds is "midrange", not long-range (at least if we go by NRA competition standards). However, you still have to consider the constant dialing of elevation, whether it's for NRA and PRS competition or casual fun.