A buddy of mine has a couple decent rifles. The first is a Century Golani sporter that he dressed up and made it nice. I think he has roughly $1200 in the rifle. He put a decent looking quad rail on it, converted it to an AK bolt carrier and a few other odds and ends. Not my style, but a decent setup none the less. Now, when it comes time to put a red dot on it he buys a $50 Chinee special on Amazon that came with a free 3x magnifier. I tried my damnedest to talk him out of it. Couldn't do it. I've never seen a bigger pos red dot. I think it must literally be made of lead because I'll bet the dot and magnifier weigh close to 2 pounds. He loved it until he took it to the range and it wouldn't hold 0. I'm not against inexpensive sights mind you, I mean my DB15FDE wear one of the Bushnell AR series dots and for the money I paid it's a decent sight. Not an Aimpoint, but it's a good basic sight and I'm realistic about what it is.
Fast forward to the present. Same buddy wants a new scope for his Remington 700 SPS. It currently wears a Nikon Monarch 3-9x50, but he wants more magnification than that. So back to Amazon! He found a scope with ridiculous magnification (6-24x40 I think) and it's illuminated too. And it's only $69 with free shipping. The scope literally does not have a brand name. Again, I tried my damnedest to talk him out of it but he wouldn't hear it. I just want to be there when he shoots if for the first time. I want to see the look on his face when the objective lens goes down range or the reticle disappears.
I keep telling him it's like putting stick on speed vents on a Viper. I just don't get it.
Fast forward to the present. Same buddy wants a new scope for his Remington 700 SPS. It currently wears a Nikon Monarch 3-9x50, but he wants more magnification than that. So back to Amazon! He found a scope with ridiculous magnification (6-24x40 I think) and it's illuminated too. And it's only $69 with free shipping. The scope literally does not have a brand name. Again, I tried my damnedest to talk him out of it but he wouldn't hear it. I just want to be there when he shoots if for the first time. I want to see the look on his face when the objective lens goes down range or the reticle disappears.
I keep telling him it's like putting stick on speed vents on a Viper. I just don't get it.