Best Rifle Scope: Our Review Includes Long Range Scopes, Tactical Scopes & More

Duplex, BDC, MOA, Mil-Dot?

This is another factor to consider since it will greatly help you to determine what range you want to be shopping in.

Are you extreme long range shooting where a ballistic turret would be more appropriate? Maybe you’re varmint hunting out to 300 yards where a BDC reticle will be invaluable?

Most of the time for average hunters, a duplex reticle will get the job done effectively and efficiently. You should also be aware that the fancier your reticle gets, the more you might need to increase your budget.

Check out this article to help you identify which set of cross hairs is going to help you maximize your hunting potential.

If you’re set on a variable scope, it’s common sense that you’re going to pay a little bit more for higher powered optics. It’s also going to to determine how effectively you can use your BDC reticle, what distances you hunt in, the type of targets you’re hunting, and whether or not you’re going to need parallax adjustment.

For the sake of saving your wallet some stress and ensuring a productive hunt, put a little thought into what range of power you’re going to want. For more on magnification and how it’s going to affect your hunting prowess, our Parallax article might be of some help and this Reticles article can als0 give you some insight.

This high end feature can drive up the cost significantly unless you’ve found a low budget AO rifle scope that’ll serve you just fine in the field.

In determining whether or not you need to consider this as a factor in your shopping spree for the best scopes, you’ll need to take into account your hunting distances, types of targets, and magnification settings.

But, parallax is a tricky and widely misunderstood concept in the sporting world. To get up to date on what it is, how it will affect you, and how to get rid of it, our this article is your best resource.

To save you some serious cash, you might want to avoid the hype and low light myths of huge objective lens sizes. Although they have a large role to play in how much exit pupil is available to you and having a larger field of view, you will need to weigh it up against a few factors to consider…

Whether or not you want to mount your scope high, how much more weight it’s going to tack on, quality of glass, and usable magnification ranges to get the most use out of your large objective lens.

While a large objective lens isn’t for everybody, there are definitely some of us who swear by them. To see how objective lens sizes will affect your buying decision, our Objective Lens Diameter: Does Size Matter? article will guide you through an in depth look at helping you to narrow down the options.

What are you mounting your scope to? Is it the appropriate optics for your firearm? Is it recoil rated for an air gun?

It is important to know about proper scope and firearm combinations – not just so you can make the best buy, but so you can protect your investment and possibly protect your physical well-being and your handsome face.

Whether you run an AR-10, AR-15 or hunting rifle, choosing the right scope for your firearm is just as important as knowing everything about your firearm, knowing your shooting limitations, and knowing vital information about your target.

In a time and age where telescopic sights have quickly dominated the sights market, you can’t afford to lose accuracy or money because you chose the wrong scope.

To make sure you don’t kick yourself in the rear end for incorrectly mounting the wrong scope to the wrong rifle, this article will give you some comprehensive insights on what to look for.

If you’re not sure about what I mean by this, then take a moment to let me enlighten you.

You want a scope that’s easy to sight in and can hold its zero, period.

This is a fundamental feature that all optics users must be able to nail, and sometimes it’s not due to a lack of skill that can get in the way of these two things. A good, quality, and user-friendly turret system should enable you to get it sighted in fast and hold its zero, no matter what the amount of recoil is.

If you chose your scope correctly, the recoil shouldn’t be an issue.

Furthermore, ballistic turret systems are a high end and premium feature that’ll enable you long distance aficionados to push your skills to the limits and get dead on – Every. Single. Time.

Turrets are an important factor to consider and if you want to know how to use them effectively, our Turret Systems article is your number one source.

This is perhaps the most essential factor to consider, even above budget.

How do you know what to look for if you have no idea what I’m going on about?

You could just pretend you know what parallax, turrets, FFP/SFP, LRHS, #60, and every other vocable, term, and acronym in the book is, but then again, the rest of us would get a kick out of seeing your eyes glaze over.

Now, that would a be good moment to give you a hard time. Instead of being the butt of our jokes, why don’t you get caught up on the terminology and join our little tête-à-tête – this isn’t a suggestion, it’s a direction… even if it is for your sake only.

So, here’s our Glossary to get you clued in and running your mouth like a pro!