LPVO opinions

[deerslayer]

Need a 1-8 lpvo under $500.  Looking at Athlon, Bushnell, and Primary Arms.  Opinions and experience with these?

[kwe45919]

Kinda depends on what your adding the optic to. AR, lever gun, bolt gun etc.....what caliber helps as well... .22lr, 30-06, 5.56, 300blk etc. 

The primary arms optics I've had have been on par with vortex optics I have had. Bushnell has always been hit or miss for me over the years. 

[deerslayer]

1 hour ago, kwe45919 said:

Kinda depends on what your adding the optic to. AR, lever gun, bolt gun etc.....what caliber helps as well... .22lr, 30-06, 5.56, 300blk etc. 

The primary arms optics I've had have been on par with vortex optics I have had. Bushnell has always been hit or miss for me over the years. 

I should have been more specific--Smith & Wesson M&P 10 .308.  

[ohell]

Similar budget but caliber use is 556 I dropped to 1-6 and spent $535 total on vortex viper pst and couldn’t be happier. I was able to compare to primary arms and enough difference to go down to 6x for vortex.  I suspect a true 1x doesn’t matter to much for your application. Reticle difference from the scopes you mentioned  

If you haven’t run across C_Does on YouTube check out his reviews. 

[Prod951]

I’m all about used optic search for a used tango 

[Capbyrd]

On 9/13/2021 at 6:58 AM, deerslayer said:

Need a 1-8 lpvo under $500.  Looking at Athlon, Bushnell, and Primary Arms.  Opinions and experience with these?

Did you ever decide on something?

[deerslayer]

Athlon Argos BTR gen 2 1-8.  Haven’t shot it much, but so far so good. 

[Capbyrd]

3 hours ago, deerslayer said:

Athlon Argos BTR gen 2 1-8.  Haven’t shot it much, but so far so good. 

Cool.  I have a vortex strike eagle 1-8.