Coming from the guy who trying to sell me something... I'll take that for what it's worth. I on the other hand, have no horse in this race.
How the hell in your 1 month of membership on this site, or 200 posts have any clue what so ever what my intentions are. Bottom line is you have absolutly no clue.
Judging me by my membership length and post count is in no way a fair assessment. I no way did I mean to offend you, nor did I mean to imply your product line wasn't quality and fairly priced. However, you are a salesman and your opinion, albeit an expert one, is biased. That bias must be factored in. It's not personal. Do you really believe a salesman when you go to buy an appliance? I hope not. I hope you do the research and read consumer reviews first. Why do we do this?
The OP is looking for a cheap plinking scope. Right out of the box, you go $20 over his highest price and tell him anything less is basically junk. Compare the specs and warranty on the one you recommended with the Barska Plinker. I don't see $70 difference.
Let's just for the sake of argument say it does have $70 difference in performance. Is it performance the OP needs? Doesn't sound like it to me.
The OP is looking for a cheap plinking scope. Right out of the box, you go $20 over his highest price and tell him anything less is basically junk. Compare the specs and warranty on the one you recommended with the Barska Plinker. I don't see $70 difference.
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There are probably 10k guys on Ingo who will tell you to buy nice once... they told me and I didn't listen and ended up wasting $50.
I can vouch for Alan, as I have met him at the 1500 and been around here long enough to have seen many of his posts, recommendations, and exchanged PMs with him. Having said that, I wouldn't consider myself to have a bias to try to stand up for Alan as his business success doesn't affect me, so why should I stand up for him? Well, because I've seen him recommend Primary Arms (which he doesn't sell) red dots to many people that set their price range for a red dot lower than what he could provide a Strikefire for. I've also heard multiple accounts where he has recommended a cheaper (price-wise) product of his when someone shows interest in one of his more expensive scope models because by talking to the customer, he realizes that they won't need or use the features of the more expensive scope.
JMO, but it's based on experience, not because of his affiliation with his business. Anyone here that has seen enough of his posts knows that he even claims to be a poor salesman in the traditional sense. He has also been known to allow customers the chance to come out and try scopes that they may be interested in. His business is based on service, good products, and great prices, not mass sales of cheap optics just to make a buck.
use Irons and save a little longer. This scope is 119 dollars and the cheapest on the market that will be 100% reliable. People on will be along soon to recomend centerpoint, bsa, tasco. etc. 99 times out of 100 they will not work and if they do work its not for long.
Vortex Optics - Crossfire II 2-7x32 V-Plex
Even in back yard plinking you need a little clarity, and overall function or each range trip turns into a lesson in flusteration because the gun lost zero.
You sell these for 119?