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6/28/2003 3:15:52 PM EDT
Anyone recommend a website that has a large selection and good prices for all kinds of AR-15 scopes? Especially ones that have a built-in mount for the carry handle?

Thanks
6/28/2003 3:26:51 PM EDT
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No such thing... There are very few scopes that have AR carry-handle mounts.

Your choices there are more or less limited to the following:

- Trijicon ACOG/Compact ACOG - expensive, but the best combat scopes available, by a long way.

- Colt-branded imported 3X scopes, long out of production, but available used.  Decent, simple scopes.

- Cheapie Chinese Colt-scope knock-offs in the $40-60 range

Otherwise, you're looking at some kind of conventional "hunting"-type scope, which really needs to be mounted to a flattop to be usable.  In this catagory, I advise the $260 3x9 Leupold VX-II as the entry level, as anything less is likely to rattle apart in short order, as they tend to be designed with hunters (who shoot 20 rounds per year) in mind.

-Troy
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