Re: Scope review, what do you guys think of these?
No offense but I think if you can afford .308 ammo you can and should spend more than that on a scope. Weaver's higher end models are great values, the "Kaspa" series seems to be stillborn as just too cheap. Hadn't heard of that Hawke before but when I look it up I see airgun forums.
The cheapest scope I'd put on a .308 rifle would be the Bushnell Elite 3200 10x40 mildot, next up the SWFA SS fixed power scopes ($300 in 6x, 10x, 12x, 16x, or 20x - I would choose 10x or 12x). Those will be reasonably good, fairly durable (moreso for the SS) scopes. For an equal quality zoom scope you can about double those prices (so $400-600) and find some pretty decent scopes in that range.