What's a good paintball scope?

[ThePixelGuru]

Hey everyone. So I'm looking for a good paintball scope, primarily for target aquisition (ie, not having a staring match with the tree 150 feet off that I thought was a person...). Can anyone recommend a scope, or what to look for in one? I'm thinking the following:

-Small/Lightweight (or as close as can be)
-Mountable to my 'mag sight rail with minimal adaptors/ugly stuff
-4x magnification or so, not a lot but enough to help with finding people before they find me
-Durable enough to take paintball hits, easy to clean

And... GO!

[kruger]

Well, the first problem that you are going to run into is the eye relief. Remember, you are wearing a paintball mask. So, I would suggest that you get a "scout" type scope. Those are designed to mount farther down the length of a gun. You can use one with both eyes open and you wont have a problem with trying to squint thru a scope. Just pick up the cheapest one you can find.

[Toll]

Duct tape some dollar store binoculars on there ^.^

[MoeMag]

Well, the first problem that you are going to run into is the eye relief. Remember, you are wearing a paintball mask. So, I would suggest that you get a "scout" type scope. Those are designed to mount farther down the length of a gun. You can use one with both eyes open and you wont have a problem with trying to squint thru a scope. Just pick up the cheapest one you can find.

QFT. a big cheap 1x reddot.

[Severe]

I use the Simmons 40mm Red dot sights. They are able to attach to both rail styles with a flip-able base. They run about $25-30. Eye relief is not an issue.

For a bit more, you can get the Green Dot if you prefer that. Honestly, any of those will be more than adequate for paintball. Check Wal-Mart out for the BSA types. If you want some choice in appearance, check around on the airsoft web pages for inexpensive, sharp looking versions.

[Warwitch]

I have an Armson Max-duty OEG sight I will let go for cheap

http://armson1.stores.yahoo.net/aroegmaxdut1.html

I wold definitely go with a red dot over a scope. Magnification is a little overkill considering the effective range of a pb marker.

[doc_Zox]

get a chinese copy of an aimpoint red dot on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Ver-Military...QQcmdZViewItem

[magmonkey]

29X luepold

if you instist on having optics, you might as well have one that is usable, go with a red dot

[LegumeOfTerror]

for looking at stuff, get a cheap bushnell with alot of eye releif, or cary a monocular.

[ThePixelGuru]

Some good suggestions... To clarify here, I'm looking for a scope so that I can easily pick people out in the woods. I have a reddot sight, but that only puts a dot on the thing that might be a person or a tree. I want to magnify it so I can tell what the heck I'm lookin' at.

Thanks for the suggestions.

[Andrewliu6294]

http://automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=221633

the one in my thread.

seriously though, its great. perfectly clear, 30/30 recticle, 4x magnification, its tough too, its in LNIB condition....everything you're looking for. its fairly small for its magnification and quality, about 11" long.

all it needs are some dovetail rings which you can get for cheap at dunhams or dicks or such, even walmart, and you're set. comes with a set of very beat up weaver rings.

EDIT: doc mention eye relief. this one has 3-4in of it, so you're set. I was using it on my T-9 no problem before i sold the gun...

[doc_Zox]

the problem with magnified paintball scopes is you need a Long Eye Relief Pistol or Scout rifle scope

an 4x Monocle with 3-4 inches of Eye relief on a lanyard, would be nice

but they are not cheap

[Russ]

some (relatively) cheap shotgun scopes have a generous eye relief.

doc_Zox,

ever try (or at least see) one of the aimpoint knock offs? I wonder how they compare to the real thing 9which I have on one of my toys)

[reflective]

Some good suggestions... To clarify here, I'm looking for a scope so that I can easily pick people out in the woods. I have a reddot sight, but that only puts a dot on the thing that might be a person or a tree. I want to magnify it so I can tell what the heck I'm lookin' at.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Bushnell or Simons (any 22lr scope or shotgun scope), can be found at any sports store and range from about $35 up. Will work fine for woods/scenario "recon".

[Railgun]

A couple of times this year in playing in the dark of the woods I found that I was fixated on a tree or shadow thinking it may well be a player. A 2 to 4 power scope would have come in quite handy to confirm what I was looking at even if it was out of effective range. I see it more as an aid to confirming what is a target and what is not and to base the following closing in moves on the info rather than aiming for a long shot. So to some extent I can see where PixelGuru is coming from and wanting to go.

I sometimes find it hard to identify stuff in a dark thick woods setting. The light gathering power of a low power scope or gun mounted monocular would help a lot with planning your moves. Especially if you're like me and your distance vision is not a full on 20-20 but it's good enough to not want to mess with glasses under the mask.