[lurkingknight]

the more expensive the shortdot, the better the eye relief, at 1x or 1.25x as low as they go, snap shooting can happen if the eye relief is generous. The 2 or 3 shortdots I've tried are sort of ok for this with the one I have currently being the best out of what I've tried, but also at 230$ish shipped to me vs the 100$ where I started.


Where the biggest difference will come in that price is the eye relief at maximum magnification becomes REALLY bad at low priced scopes, having to spend half a second or longer to find the exact spot you're supposed to be in to get a sight picture through the tube, and even then you may end up seeing more of the inside of the tube than your target, and by the time you get it right, you've been shot or the target has moved on.

The cheaper scopes were nothing but frustration as I never had time to setup and shoot before the opportunity was gone, so for anything less than 150$ I would not bother unless you know it has a good tube because you've tried it in person.

The other issue is that some cheaper scopes have a difference zero point at 1x vs maximum x, so you have to compensate at some point and zero it to one or the other and remember that it's not exact at the other end of the magnification spectrum.

Get your rifle to the point that you can use a scope... then get your skills to the point where you can shoot beyond your naked eye sight for the BB flight path.. THEN get the scope.

You're also going to be fairly disappointed in how even the most well tuned rifle will have a bigass grouping at the maximum reaches of your range.


Also a mildot, triangle or crosshair is infinitely frustrating in airsoft, you will never be able to consistently get shots on the dot, they are a cone around the dot depending on the range. A circle dot reticle is much more useful in that you can put the circle on target and know instantly where your cone of BBs will be if you've done your zeroing correctly.