Posted: Jun 9th 2010, 10:32 AM
I've always been a believer in Glass $$ should be equal to Rifle $$ (bolt action), or at least in the same neighborhood price wise. With ARs and red dots, it's more like the glass cost about 50-75% of the rifle.
It cracks me up when someone buys a quality rifle and puts crap glass on it. I.E. A bull barrel match varmint stick ends up with a $40 scope. Or a Noveske ends up with a Bushnell turkey red dot. It tells me they haven't done their homework. They probably just bought the rifle based on coolness of the name and reputation, but really don't understand why it is truly more expensive. For instance, match grade components and fitting, manufacturing process, materials, mil-spec compliance, and other features that drive the price of the rifle up also make it a 'finer' shooter or more durable. The buyer shells out his last hard earned dollar on the coolness factor but doesn't know squat about what he bought. Then he puts some
POS optic on it because he either can't afford a balanced rig now that he blew his wad on the rifle alone, or he doesn't understand the difference between quality optics and imitation optics in the first place, just like he didn't understand the differences between his trick rifle and a cheaper rifle. There are all kinds of levels between low end and high end. I would never knock someone for putting a cheap True Glo red dot on a cheap build
AR if the budget was low and the idea was to create a fun plinker. However, if the idea is defense, 3-gun, accurate paper punch, or some other defined need for superior performance, then a matched set (rifle and optic) would be in order.
I thought I was off my soap box. I guess I had a little more in me.
E, keep up the good work on the review videos. Keep doing your homework first. You make some of these other guys look like Airsofters.
