Optics question

[JSantoro]

I'm thinking that a lo-power fixed mag or a 1-4x variable of one brand or another. I'm not reading you as the kind of guy that wants to fiddle-f**k with a flip-aside magnifier and an RDS.

For the first, you get a BDC in whichever variant of the Trijicon TA33 you'd prefer. Small, relatively light, offers a lot in tems of a GP optic. Not so great 50m and it, but functional, great at the middle-distance, more the shooter than the optic with 400m+. Relatively spendy, though, which may or may not be a concern.

For the second, which I think better satisfies your ranging requirements from a capabilies standpoint, there's lots of them that offer a BDC reticle of one sort or another. Lots of monetary tiers in the 1-4x option, too. Here's a thread that shows A LOT of them, soup-to-nuts, from 2006 to present: http://m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=104

EDIT: Good Lord, that thing's dense! But there's some gold in it...

[Alaskapopo]

I will need it to be decent out to 300 if possible. Definitely need it to be good to 100-150. This is not going to be used for close quarters. Its going to be a target/varmit style rifle. As heavy as it is its not going to be a good carry weapon but I do expect with a little work on my part it should be a pretty good shooter after I find the ammo it likes.With a decent scope 300 should be pretty reasonable and 100 -150 should be pretty good wit ha decent scope and the right ammo.I should have mentioned the yardage to start with. The Red Dots are great for up close but not much for longer ranges. I definitely need something with a Bullet Drop Compensator set for the .223 Nato round.

I would recommend a Burris TAC 30 1-4 scope, if you can afford more get a Meopta 1-4. If you can afford the best get a Swarovski Z6i 1-6x scope.
Pat

[Singlestack Wonder]

RRman03:

A search for "Which Optic" from the top search function results in 100pages of results (which you may or may not find helpful in your quest). I apologize if you took exception to my previous post suggesting the search function.

[RRMan03]

Thanks all for the input.

[Failure2Stop]

RR- if you had given us some more info we could have done a lot more for you.
My post earlier was not rhetorical.
What is your budget and what do you want to hit?