Amazing scope for the money! - Primary Arms SLx 1-8x24mm Rifle Scope, 30mm Tube, Second Focal Plane (SFP)

When it comes to firearms and accessories, I always abide by the age old saying that you get what you pay for. Its tough to bring quality optics to market at affordable prices and even tougher to go against big names such Trijicon, Vortex, Leupold, and even Nightforce. When Primary Arms brought out the 1-8 ACSS SFP scope, I was hesitant to jump on the train at am optic coming in <$400 in a market ruled by $650-1000 scopes. Surely this couldn't compete and sacrifices had to be made to come in at that price point. Well, I was wrong. Reading and watching countless reviews with nothing but good things to say with this Primary Arms optic, I decided to throw the dice and pick one up. Well, what do I have to say other than WOW...
This optic has clear glass, and I mean clear glass. You will notice this right away. Now, its not Leupold Mark 4 or Nightforce clear, but you are going to have a hard time noticing differences with scopes such as the Vortex Razor HD which come in at almost 3 times the price. FOV is another big thing. This being a 24mm eyebox, it gives you a FOV right up there with something like the Razor which is 26mm and I would say its right there with the Vortex Viper line, the Leupold VXR line, and dare to say right there with the Trijicon Accupoint. Eye relief is very forgiving, and you will only notice your eye relief starts to narrow past the 6x mark. The ACCS reticle is phenomenal and gives you everything you need for quick ranging without cluttering up your FOV. This was my biggest complaint with scopes such as the Viper PST which to me had an unusable BDC reticle. The illumination is daylight usable but nowhere near something like a Leupold VXR with the Firedot or a dual illuminated Trijicon Accupower/Accupoint. It's good though and you have the etched reticle which is easily usable. The cons: Well, you don't have the exposed turrets like say the Viper PST. Now, it would be tacticool to have them but if you are using this as a fighting rifle or 3-gun rifle, you aren't going to be making windage or elevation adjustments on the fly anyways. And, the only other thing they could do better is to put off settings between each illumination setting so that you can power the scope off and click right back to your last setting. Other than that, very solid scope. Throw this in an American Defense mount and go. I'm running this on a SCAR16 currently and its doing great and we all know that SCARs are hard on optics. Great scope for the cash.