I was recently in the market for some optics for two different rifles. One was my new Bergara B-14 HMR in .308. Spent a lot of time talking with some real-world shooters and settled on the Primary Arms GLx 4-16x50FFP. For a budget brand their gold and platinum lines are well reviewed. I’m quite happy with the scope, but I’m a complete novice, so I’m interested in getting some feedback from a few other guys who know what they hell they’re looking through when I get out to the range with them next month.
16X is a bit much for the distances I’m looking to shoot, 400 yards on a regular basis and 800 yards when I can get to a range with that distance available, but your options get limited on magnification when looking at FFP scopes. Considering the cost, $700, the booshy brands were out of the question for anything FFP (which I wanted). My goal was to put together a serious LR rifle for under 2K, which I was able to do including glass, rail, rings, bipod, and extra magazines (I don’t want to talk about ammo, this is a completely new caliber for me and it’s painful). So far I’ve only been able to shoot to 200 yards, and it’s brilliant at that range. I may write-up a full report when my gun club gets the 400 yard berm in this spring.
16X is a bit much for the distances I’m looking to shoot, 400 yards on a regular basis and 800 yards when I can get to a range with that distance available, but your options get limited on magnification when looking at FFP scopes. Considering the cost, $700, the booshy brands were out of the question for anything FFP (which I wanted). My goal was to put together a serious LR rifle for under 2K, which I was able to do including glass, rail, rings, bipod, and extra magazines (I don’t want to talk about ammo, this is a completely new caliber for me and it’s painful). So far I’ve only been able to shoot to 200 yards, and it’s brilliant at that range. I may write-up a full report when my gun club gets the 400 yard berm in this spring.