Thread: Cost-effective Riflescope

Nikko Stirling are a fairly good scope for an entry level option. As mentioned- more options in the 3-9x40 but if you really want a fixed power they have their uses. Also look at a 4x40 or 6x40 as an option. There are various choices.
It depends more on what you are using it for? Your use and requirement will enable better advice.

A cheap scope can do some jobs well but may not handle what you may want to do- replacing them is not economical. Buying an expensive scope when a cheaper one will do the same job is also not economical.

buying a hilman hunter to drive on forest tracks will kill it quickly, but while a new hilux will do this better, leaving the car parked outside work on night shift in town in a small car parking space, I would suggest the hilman would have the edge...(Which will hurt more to say to the insurance company?: that my $1000 Hilman was stolen on Friday night or my brand new Hilux had $10,000 worth of damage after being stolen on Friday night?)