Chuckman
Senior Member
This thread is good. My Larue finally came in and i am trying to decide what optic to put on it. Great minds think a like and i was looking at the ones mentioned here.
I lean more towards the Trijicon or the Stiener. I think Vortex products are mostly crap in that they break if you use them hard. I have had several fail on me. One would hope the trijicon is durable. Steiner may have an edge on clarity. What i want to know is between the Trijicon and Steiner are they equally durable? The Burris is a wild card. I just cant find it to trust it, i am old enough to remember Burris always being a low cost option. Like a KMart scope. I hear that is changing.
Some Burris are low-cost (i.e., "cheap"); some are not. No different than any other optic line. As pointed out there is a difference between a $200 Vortex and the Razor. There is a difference between the Leupold MkIV at $1,200 and the Mk6 at $2,000. The Burris RT6, the XTRII/III are 'as good' as any other optic.
The other LVPO that is getting more love is the SWFA 1-6. Not cheap but also 'as good' as any other in that pricepoint.
What you are looking for in 'durability' is normal use/normal wear and tear based on your use. I wouldn't call that hard use.