Top best & worst rifle scopes

[RiverRider]

IMO, cheap optics are a waste of time and money. Same goes for mounts and rings. I usually spend nearly as much on a scope as I do for the rifle it will be used on. I've seen guys show up at the range with 700s, Savages, and Tikkas with $80 Simmons or Tasco scopes (or something even cheaper!) on them, and all I can do is shake my head. They'd be better off with Leupolds and Conquests mounted on a 770, an Axis, and a Ruger American.

[SThomas3791]

They'd be better off with Leupolds and Conquests mounted on a 770, an Axis, and a Ruger American.

I hope that's not a knock on the Axis or the Ruger because both mine shoot moa with a $150 Bushnell Trophy XLT and factory Hornady .308 150gr ammo. My rifles are "hunters." They don't need to be a $1500 rem700/leupold or tikka/conquest set-up to fill my families freezer year after year.