Optics

Lets see gun post then a religion post and now a gun related post. Maybe I’m getting into a rut. There's a gun show this weekend and fly fishing should be starting soon. I have a Bible class to get ready to teach on Sunday. No, no rut here just a limited number of activities for me to do over the winter. I need to get to it on the reloading. Garden seed catalogs are showing up, spring must be right around the corner.

I’ve got about a grand (maybe a little more) and I’m looking to get into 1000 yard shooting. I need a better scope on my rifle. I’d like suggestions on scopes you have used, likes and dislikes both would be appreciated as well as recommendations if there is a new product on the market that you wish you would have bought if it had been available.

I’ve been doing some of my own research on this and I like the Leopold Mark IV 8-25 by 50 mm ($1400). I like Leopold on my hunting rifles but for me this is more a thing of sticking with a product I’ve found to be good than a well thought out decision. Also I’d be just as happy dropping $800 for a scope that is just as good but less pricey. The problem is finding something “just as good”. Your thoughts and reasons for them are appreciated.

If I need more than $1400, I guess I can save up some more. I'll be using this on a Springfield M1A but I think at some point I'll put it on another gun.