Scope to put on a 6.5 Creedmoor

[TheNash]

First off I don?t know crap about scopes. I have been trying to educate myself and it?s making my brain hurt, so I turn to y?all who are more educated in this field. Thank you in advance for your help.

This scope was pointed out to me and during comparisons in its price range seems to come out in the lead. Which reticle would be the best to learn. Since I don?t know either. I have always shot iron sites.
https://vortexoptics.com/vortex-stri...x_reticle=1500

[XJ]

Are you planning on shooting targets from a bench, hunting, or both?

[TheNash]

Planing on a little of both

[Hoser]

Vortex makes good scopes. That 5-25 is a good choice.

In that price range, take a look at Burris also.

[TheNash]

Thedave showed me this one

https://www.ar-15.co/threads/178258-...MIL-SCR-652-49

Still $760 for a Burris XTR-II 5-25x56, just a funky camo, and there are discount codes out there

I’ll be honest from what I read the vortex seems better or iam I missing something and what should I be looking for?

Thanks for putting up with my questions

[Gman]

I'm interested in seeing where this discussion goes. I also don't know squat about scopes.

Any good videos out there regarding preferred reticles and how they're used?

[ghettodub]

I have a Vortex on mine. Haven't shot it yet; just had my gunsmith do a proper mount on it.

Got mine from A&A: https://aaoptics.com/

[buffalobo]

https://precisionrifleblog.com/2013/...ve-comparison/

Read about scopes. What you select depends on what you want to do and how you want to do it.

Look thru lots of scopes.

Always get the best glass you can afford.

Both Burris and Vortex are good choices in your range.

I run mostly Vortex because it seems to be best deal price to glass in my price range.

[buffalobo]

In my limited experience MRAD is the reticle of choice for pros in long range precision shooting.

[Delfuego]

Viper PST 5-25 (Gen2) or the Burris XTR 2 would both do you well. The Vortex has a better warranty. The XTR is more durable. For the XTR, the 4-20 is a better scope optically. Athlon is another good scope for the money. On the low-end (sub $1k) those are the 3 I would recommend. FFP and mil/mil are what I run for everything.

If you wanna spend more, the options are limitless. Let us know your exact budget and the game you want to play and we can help further.