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TaskForce 1-501 INF Joined Feb 2010 Posts 715 EE 100% (10) WA, USA	Posted: 5/7/2011 1:15:30 PM EDT [Last Edit: TaskForce] [#1] GRSC 1-4 in Bobro extended mount.

Mobius38 “I’m Not Bi-Polar, I’m Bi-Winning,” Joined Sep 2009 Posts 1788 EE 100% (25) CA, USA	Posted: 5/8/2011 2:08:14 AM EDT [Last Edit: Zhukov] [#2] <This is a picture thread. Please review the rules in the OP of this thread - Z>
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Tomac Member Joined Feb 2001 Posts 4509 EE 100% (221) ID, USA	Posted: 5/8/2011 9:09:29 AM EDT [Last Edit: Zhukov] [#3] <This is a picture thread. Please review the rules in the OP of this thread - Z>
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ChetPunisher Joined Nov 2009 Posts 140 EE 100% (3) MI, USA	Posted: 5/10/2011 5:39:47 PM EDT [#4] CMMG Stripped Lower Stag Arms Lower Parts Kit Spike's Tactical 16" Lightweight LE Upper Nikon M-223 1-4X 20 Point Blank Vickers Padded Sling Samson BUIS

dtgman227 Member Joined Mar 2008 Posts 1976 EE 100% (22) VA, USA	Posted: 5/15/2011 10:56:47 PM EDT [Last Edit: dtgman227] [#5] ...
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SPTiger

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Posted: 5/16/2011 9:54:51 AM EDT

[Last Edit: SPTiger] [#6]

My humble submission. Bad picture, but it'll have to do. I just got this scope last week, and got it mounted over the weekend. There are two obvious omissions from this rifle. First, I have a front BUIS but no rear BUIS. Second, I need the flip-up scope cover for the objective. The local sporting goods store had the one for the eyepiece, but I knew finding the odd sized one locally wasn't going to happen.

The scope is a Bushnell Elite 4200 1.25-4x24 with illuminated reticle. I was going to get a Vortex, but when I found this Elite available for $329 I jumped on it. Initial impressions are good. The rifle is a 6.8mm.

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AJE Quite Shallow & Pedantic Joined Nov 2005 Posts 12365 EE 100% (76) OH, USA	Posted: 5/17/2011 5:12:24 AM EDT [#7] RRA Lower PRS stock J&T Distributing upper Wilson 20" stainless 1/8 heavy barrel Burris PEPR mount Burris Fullfield II 6.5-20x50mm
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radioflyer97 Joined Mar 2011 Posts 9 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 5/22/2011 12:44:29 AM EDT [#8] My Current setup: Using Primary Arms Multi-Reticle Red dot M3 and 3X magnifier on custom spring flip-to-side mount. (total setup is near the $250) I've only had time to shoot with it once and wasn't able to get it completely sighted in, but I should be able to do that next week. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c200/radioflyer1986/misc/Arms/IMG_20941.jpg

Banger Member Joined Nov 2008 Posts 362 EE 100% (93) MT, USA	Posted: 5/22/2011 9:50:03 PM EDT [#9] Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40 Z600, mounted on YHM riser with Warne steel rings. Total optics and mount $600 Mounted on my 6.8spc
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Mccray Bronzed Member Joined Oct 2009 Posts 1404 EE 100% (42) LA, USA	Posted: 5/31/2011 6:36:06 PM EDT [#10] TR22 G

wmaldridge Joined Jul 2011 Posts 13 EE 0% (0) FL, USA	Posted: 9/5/2011 8:35:11 PM EDT [Last Edit: wmaldridge] [#11] Burris AR-332: 3X magnification. A really great optic for it's price. I have heard of problems with the reticle being canted, but I have no such problems. I put it on a Trijicon ACOG mount and it is rock solid. I am a big fan. http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x348/wmaldridge/DSC00075.jpg

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Posted: 9/25/2011 4:57:01 PM EDT

[Last Edit: Mccray] [#12]

Vortex Viper PST 1-4x24 on a Novekse 6.8 SPR

8 shots @ 100 yards. My 1st attempt at 100 and 1st day at the range with this scope. The Vortex was 2 inches Left and 1 inch Low, out of the box on a BOBRO 30mm extended mount. After a couple turret clicks I was just over 1 MOA, prone with a Harris bipod in tall grass. 4 of 8 shots are within 1/2 inch.

Cost of Scope and Mount $620 New

Warpt762x39 Joined Nov 2011 Posts 2 EE 0% (0) PA, USA	Posted: 11/25/2011 2:46:29 PM EDT [#13] Can I make a request? I'm in the process of building an 18" barrel AR and have sort of settled on the Sightmark Triple Duty M4 1-6x24mm. Does anyone have a picture of one mounted on a rifle and also of the reticle? It would fit right in this category as Midway has them for $279.

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Posted: 12/1/2011 6:40:02 PM EDT

[Last Edit: Sinkhole] [#14]

Ruger SR556SC
Nikon M-223 3-12 X 42SF with Nikoplex Reticle and ARD
Nikon M-223 Scope Mount

Scope Specs.
Reticle: Nikoplex
Finish: Matte
Actual Magnification: 3x-12x
Effective Objective Diameter: 42mm
Exit Pupil (mm): 14.0-3.5
Eye Relief (in.): 4.0 -3.7
FOV at 100 yds (ft.): 33.6-8.4
Tube Diameter: 1 in (25.4mm)
Objective O.D. (mm/in): 49.3/1.94
Eyepiece O.D. (mm/in): 44.0/1.73
Length (in): 13.1
Weight (oz): 19.93
Adjustment Graduation: (1 click)1/4 MOA
Max. Internal Adjustment: 60 MOA
Parallax setting (yds): 50 - ∞

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg230/Sinkhole3000/AR-15%20Build/DSCN0400.jpg

BallisticTip Member Joined Jan 2002 Posts 23176 EE 0% (0) OH, USA	Posted: 12/4/2011 8:25:21 AM EDT [Last Edit: BallisticTip] [#15] Burris Tact 30 1x4. Larue mount.
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Posted: 12/4/2011 9:30:57 AM EDT

[Last Edit: Another-Bill] [#16]

Nikon M223 1-4x in the Nikon M223 mount.

Nikon Monarch 3.3-10x44 MilDot in a GG&G GS-1 Riser with Warne rings. (The GG&G GS-1 is the most stable optics mount I have found, like being welded on)

Nikon Monarch 3.3-10x44 MilDot in a Smith Enterprise Mount & Warne rings.

Close up of the GG&G but with a more expensive scope...I liked these so much that today I have a couple of them.

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Another-Bill

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Posted: 12/4/2011 9:37:26 AM EDT

[#17]

Originally Posted By Mccray:
Vortex Viper PST 1-4x24 on a Novekse 6.8 SPR

8 shots @ 100 yards. My 1st attempt at 100 and 1st day at the range with this scope. The Vortex was 2 inches Left and 1 inch Low, out of the box on a BOBRO 30mm extended mount. After a couple turret clicks I was just over 1 MOA, prone with a Harris bipod in tall grass. 4 of 8 shots are within 1/2 inch.

Cost of Scope and Mount $620 New

http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/ae86/Mccraypics/vortexviperpst1004.jpg
http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/ae86/Mccraypics/vortexviperpst1005.jpg
http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/ae86/Mccraypics/vortexviperpst1006.jpg

Those Bobro mounts look really nice.

Happiness is a warm gun,
Bang bang, shoot shoot.

The Beatles
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Liquidmetal Member Joined Jun 2007 Posts 5405 EE 100% (20) USA	Posted: 12/4/2011 3:06:48 PM EDT [#18] Mueller Tac II 3-10x44 in a Nikon M-223 mount on my Predator Pursuit. Excellent scope for the money. Bought a second one based on my experience with the first.
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avclampitt Joined Nov 2010 Posts 16 EE 0% (0) OR, USA	Posted: 1/12/2012 3:07:52 PM EDT [#19] Primary Arms Compaq 3x Scopes

M_16_4_REAL Joined Dec 2011 Posts 38 EE 100% (17) WA, USA	Posted: 1/22/2012 1:30:19 AM EDT [#20] just got this new scope for cheap cheap and I'm kinda impressed with it so far. wanted to try a little more magnification but couldn't really bring myself to drop a boatload of cash on something i might not like so i got this instead. working great so far.

Mccray Joined Oct 2009 Posts 1614 EE 100% (42) LA, USA	Posted: 1/22/2012 11:59:20 AM EDT [Last Edit: Mccray] [#21] edit

jimbo222 Joined Oct 2011 Posts 43 EE 0% (0) CA, USA	Posted: 1/27/2012 2:18:51 AM EDT [#22] Nikon M-223 1-4X20 point blank, bought on sample list for 230 plus shipping listed as a Demo-B and was basically new Burris PEPR quick detach mount, bought from opticsplanet for 90 shipped Clears MBUS Gen II Gun is a Noveske 16 inch mid-length basic upper on a stag complete lower

00Ghost00 Member Joined Apr 2009 Posts 189 EE 100% (28) TX, USA	Posted: 2/18/2012 11:36:53 PM EDT [#23] CMR on a slightly extended Bobro mount.

Seawolf504 Joined Jun 2008 Posts 748 EE 100% (9) FL, USA	Posted: 2/22/2012 2:00:01 PM EDT [#24] Burris E1 series 3-9x40 with BDC. Very impressed with the glass on this scope and the eye relief is perfect for an AR. The scope was $200 and the QD mount was around $100. Best shot I could get. It was overcast and set to 3x, but you get a comparison of the glass.

Gopherboy128 Shooter of Guns Joined Jan 2011 Posts 431 EE 100% (30) WA, USA	Posted: 3/16/2012 3:45:16 PM EDT [#25] Leupold Mark AR 4-12x40, LT104 QD mount.
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HollywoodFIT

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Posted: 3/19/2012 3:47:31 PM EDT

[#26]

My GRSC 1-4x in the Burris PEPR mount. It is on my 18" 1x8 bulldog barrel with a 15" Midwest free float.

Pros:
Reticle is really cool and easy to use on 4x or 1x
Red and Green illumination
Off setting between every illumination setting
2 spare batteries with compartments in the turrent caps
Great service from Ed, scope arrived 2 days early and his Military discount is generous.
Looks tough and is cheap enough that I may end up painting or duracoating it and not cry myself to sleep over ruining a $1200 scope.
Zero lock
2" screw on sunshade included.(shown mounted)

Cons:
Haven't used the reticle yet but it will obviously take some getting used too.
Only 3 brightness settings(They are almost perfect settings but there are only 3 so I'll list it)
adjustment from 1x-4x is tricky as the dial has grooves and indents for grip but no tactile indicator of magnification setting or position.

All said and done: Would highly recommend. If I deploy to a shooting zone this sucker is coming with me.

Liquidmetal

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Posted: 3/25/2012 1:56:46 AM EDT

[#27]

Nikon Buckmaster 6-18X40 Mil-dot scope in a Nikon M-223 mount on my AR-10. Recently purchased from MidwayUSA on sale for $325.

Included with the scope from Nikon are two sets of turrets (standard and target - target turrets shown in the pics) and a 4" sunshade (not shown in the pics).

Scope features side focus adjustment and the glass is very good for the price range. Excellent bang for the buck, a lot of scope for $325.

A 9mm might expand to .45, but a .45 will never shrink to 9mm.
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RowlandP Joined Dec 2011 Posts 82 EE 0% (0) VA, USA	Posted: 3/25/2012 5:11:02 PM EDT [#28] Burris Fast Fire II on a Burris AR332 on a Sig Sauer M400. Burris XTS-135 on a Colt LE6920MP-R

Flynnster Joined Sep 2011 Posts 16 EE 0% (0) AZ, USA	Posted: 3/29/2012 6:51:45 PM EDT [#29] picked this up today at Cabela's and got the last one, sold my Trijicon Reflex I don’t believe in God. My god is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life. — Andrew Carnegie

evenflow

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Posted: 4/28/2012 3:11:41 PM EDT

[#30]

Originally Posted By Flynnster:
picked this up today at Cabela's and got the last one, sold my Trijicon Reflex
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p557/Flynnster70/IMG_1213.jpg
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p557/Flynnster70/IMG_1211.jpg
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p557/Flynnster70/IMG_1210.jpg

I don’t believe in God. My god is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life. — Andrew Carnegie

Looks great. Is that a Burris Fast Fire? On top of what scope? Thanks!

Flynnster

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Posted: 4/30/2012 12:10:41 PM EDT

[#31]

It is a Burris LRS scope 1x 4 with the Burris mount and FastFire II. I picked the package up from my local Cabelas for 499.99.
Took it out to Rio Salado gun club in Mesa, AZ and loved it.
After a quick dial in my friend and I were hitting the steel targets at 200 and 300 yards easily using PMC Xtac 55 grain.

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jagdterrier Member Joined Oct 2002 Posts 1135 EE 100% (60) VA, USA	Posted: 5/28/2012 9:33:05 AM EDT [#32] Leupold Firedot 1.25-4X

RyanH Member Joined May 2006 Posts 2149 EE 100% (48) MI, USA	Posted: 6/2/2012 1:22:19 PM EDT [Last Edit: RyanH] [#33] My "Poor Man's OBR" It's finally almost "finished". Just a couple more things and then I'll probably leave it alone for a little while. The optic is a Leupold VX-R 3-9x40
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matt8844 Joined Dec 2007 Posts 184 EE 100% (23) GA, USA	Posted: 6/2/2012 6:26:53 PM EDT [#34] leupold VX-R 1.25-4 firedot duplex

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Left4End Joined May 2012 Posts 2 EE 0% (0) IL, USA	Posted: 6/11/2012 6:35:19 PM EDT [#36] Nikon M223 IRT on Stag Arms 3GL

dogbutter99 Member Joined Jul 2010 Posts 992 EE 100% (1) TX, USA	Posted: 6/14/2012 12:29:23 AM EDT [#37] weave v31-3x

gimmie3steps138 Joined Sep 2011 Posts 21 EE 100% (22) VA, USA	Posted: 6/21/2012 7:28:47 PM EDT [#38] Leatherwood Hi-Lux CMR 1-4x Wilson Combat Accu-Rizer Mount http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/288416_10150913185766699_1536305040_o.jpg http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/177710_10150913185876699_93857945_o.jpg

AJFB004 Joined Jan 2009 Posts 507 EE 100% (9) TX, USA	Posted: 6/21/2012 10:52:19 PM EDT [#39] Vortex Viper PST

TheUziButton Member Joined Sep 2006 Posts 1083 EE 100% (227) USA	Posted: 8/1/2012 10:01:11 AM EDT [#40]

Gunnzilla Joined Jul 2009 Posts 9 EE 0% (0) AZ, USA	Posted: 9/21/2012 6:28:51 PM EDT [#41] Burris XTR 1-4 Burris Tac30 1-4 on my S&W 15-22:

joshr502 Fighting Haji since 2005 Joined Sep 2010 Posts 851 EE 0% (0) TN, USA	Posted: 11/10/2012 6:46:41 PM EDT [#42] SWFA 3-9x40 on LaRue OBR Mount
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aviserated1 Joined Nov 2012 Posts 25 EE 0% (0) GA, USA	Posted: 11/27/2012 2:41:30 PM EDT [Last Edit: aviserated1] [#43] Leupold Mark2 IMS 1 inch base, Weaver V16 variable power scope, Cauldwell AR15 Brass Catcher. All mounted on Colt LE6920. This is my temporary setup while developing a good 223 round at the range . http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee395/aviserated1/ar15002.jpg

slowkota1 Joined Nov 2012 Posts 3 EE 100% (17) WI, USA	Posted: 11/29/2012 5:59:02 PM EDT [#44] XTR-14 SPARC in LT660HK Zeiss Conquest 4.5-14x50 Rapid Z800

LOS Joined Apr 2001 Posts 476 EE 100% (64) TX, USA	Posted: 11/29/2012 10:29:49 PM EDT [Last Edit: LOS] [#45] My Current AR: My Previous AR: My First AR

RyanH Member Joined May 2006 Posts 2370 EE 100% (48) MI, USA	Posted: 12/1/2012 2:45:56 PM EDT [#46]
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Jeep Joined Feb 2001 Posts 54 EE 100% (3) AR, USA	Posted: 12/2/2012 5:43:25 PM EDT [#47] C-MORE COLT 421RFI (Range Finding Illuminated) Paid $369 in 1997 (Box is blue)

aviserated1 Joined Nov 2012 Posts 54 EE 0% (0) GA, USA	Posted: 12/6/2012 6:40:16 PM EDT [Last Edit: aviserated1] [#48] Leupold VX-R 3 X 9 40MM with Leupold Mark 2 30mm mount. All mounted on my Colt 6920

SinjinSix Joined Jul 2011 Posts 21 EE 100% (50) OH, USA	Posted: 1/17/2013 4:06:37 AM EDT [#49] Leatherwood CMR on a DNZ Freedom Reaper

SRacer2000 Joined Apr 2008 Posts 413 EE 100% (15) AZ, USA	Posted: 2/5/2013 3:00:11 PM EDT [#50] Viper PST 4-16x50 FFP MOA on my Mk12 Mod 0. Amazing scope, absolutely love it.

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