"Is it good?" "It's hot...and it's ready."

So that's what Socko looks like without his tux.

I'm always impressed with all the AR theory-crafting you whip up for your cat videos.

The best response to "is the glass any good" is... "It's better than plastic"

11:00 "I wonder if these are like twix, they have a left bullet and a right bullet" I died

"Bare with any wind noise in the background." Were you paying tribute to Paul Harrell with that delivery?

"It's just one long panic attack" That's why I quit the caffeine man it was really messing with my ability to relax and go to sleep

"Here we have the X-Tac which still seem to be splitting off into 2 separate groups. I wonder if these are like Twix where they have a left bullet and a right bullet" This is the analysis I come here for lmao

Red dot magnifier mentioned. I am here.

One day I would like a solid well magnified optic, but with the only ranges near me being 100 yards, all the magnification in the world doesn't help me see the point of that expense. I'm very jealous of people that have public land.

Bushnell seems to do decent duty at providing decent returns at decent prices. Decent.

“I’ve got a frankly heroic amount of caffeine in my system all the time, from when I wake up to when I go to bed.” - I felt this so bad my chest hurts. Or it’s the caffeine, but still.

The AAC 77gr feels more like a fighting load, than a precision load.

But without premium glass that I can't afford how will I see the the old paint cans explode when I shoot them on a pristine hillside range? Clean up your ranges folks, nature will remember when it's swallowing your body and put a little flower on top to remember you by. Cat.

Yay for budget builds! Also, I enjoy all the Nutnfancyisms.

6:37 it's me, I just dropped Nightforce money

The intermittent Nutnfancy references are appreciated; shows respect and self-knowledge Anyone remember analogy pairs in standardized testing? Gen X : Millennial :: TNP : Hop

IMI 77 gr RazorCore and Hornady's Frontier 75 gr are both pretty good alternatives to Federal GMM 77 gr as well.

I think AAC 77gr and 75gr are sleeper rounds. If you have a short 1:7" barrel it is solid enough for the ranges you can be expected to reach out to but also the price has been less elastic than bulk M193 or M855. Remember that at a certain point in upward trending ammo markets it makes more sense to start buying match ammo than inflated range/plinking ammo.

I picked up a used-once 1-6x Sig Tango MSR LPVO for 160. (Made a short with it) The deals can be had if you make friends and/or are patient when buying.

As far as AAC 77gr OTMs being more useful in a shorter barrel I can confirm one thing. Now my 11.5 gun (DD CHF barrel) consistently out shoots my 14.5 (Criterion CORE barrel) with that round. Kinda baffled me when I first shot them back to back in the prone @ 100. Yeah I know the barrel manufacturers, chamberings, and the twist rates are different but the best groups for the 11.5" I have gotten are 3/4" and the 14.5 is 1.2". Glad you mentioned that Hop.

I’ve got a 16” PSA that I’ve got an LPVO on and it does what I need it to most days. I don’t do a lot of long range shooting, but the PSA seems to be accurate for what I do with it

We need a poverty tier SPR build. Tasco with a SeeAll and an Amazon flashlight

The new vortex venom 3-15x is shockingly good. Like, better than it has the right to be at 350$. With that scope, a 16" BA stainless barrel I got on sale for 140$, and AAC Sabre black tip, I've been super consistent out to 800 yards.

cool video Hop, too bad you weren't actually outside.

Make a handgaurd tier list like you did for magpul stonks 🎉

I can confirm. When I went the Universal Studios Tour I saw a filming studio with word “Hop” on the side

Leapers UTG 3-12 compact riflescopes work great, they have mildots and I use them out to 1000 no problem with my 20” 5.56 and 308 AR’s.

I ended up with a rifle that had a SWFA fixed 12 power scope on it. Super clear glass, but i basically ended up giving it away because i couldn't make it make sense on any of my rifles.

But according to the internet, everyone shoots sub-MOA out of their SPRs so my 16” BA shooting 1-2 inch groups with AAC 77gr OTM is TRASH.

Heroic amount of caffeine- hell yeah brother

I’m more of a right Twix bullet guy, unless it’s a pistol then I’m a low left Twix bullet guy 😂

"You're a person" Thats mighty presumptuous of you Hop.

The biting sarcasm puts a spring in my step!!

I miss a fixed 10x! M3A never did me wrong. BDC caps and less worry about water intrusion get me hot-n-bothered in the downstairs region.

Sometimes the solution to shooting far and no zero stop is the same: a sloped mount. With the example of that Engage scope, the product page says it has 50 MOA of elevation adjustment. That means it can go +/-25 MOA from center. If you get a 20 MOA sloped mount, that will change to +45/-5 MOA from center. That means you'll have more MOA to use for dialing longer shots. The web page didn't mention how many MOA you get with one rotation of the knob but assuming it has about 5 turns of adjustment, that would mean 10 MOA per turn. If your zero is aligned with the optical center of the scope on a zero slope mount, it will only have 1/2 a turn below zero when mounted in that 20 MOA sloped mount so when you want to find zero you just bottom out the knob and then dial it up to the first zero. Sloped mounts often cost the same or just a little more than zero slope models so it's an almost zero cost option while a zero stop on a scope always makes it at least a little more expensive. It's better to have both but if you can only have one, get an appropriate sloped mount. There are inappropriate sloped mounts, 30 MOA slope mounts are common but with +/-25 MOA on the Engage scope it might be 5 MOA from zero when the elevation adjustment bottoms out so you can never zero the scope at 50 or 100 yards. So always look at the total elevation adjustment spec, divide by two and get a mount with less slope than that.

The Bushnell Engage series are great value optics, I have the 2.5-10x on a very similar "SPR" build with a BA 18" mid barrel. While running AAC 77gr SMKs I had no problem making consistent hits out to 600 yards. Is it nearly as good as my Gen II Razor? No, but at 1/6 the price it performs exactly where it needs to be. Great content as always!

Love the KITTY

Thanks for always putting out great content and looking out for those on a budget! Dude you should seriously look into doing voice acting and voice overs cause I could literally listen to you narrate just about anything and actually pay attention and learn something! When I listen to other people talking I tend to tune out after awhile but something about your voice just makes me pay attention more! I need my GPS to have the HOP voice lol!Keep up the great work!

Anytime I manage to save up some dough, SG Ammo kicks in my door and helps themselves 😂 💸🤑

BCM milspec trigger with JP's enhanced reliability springs took a 7lb trigger to a nice 5-5.5lb trigger. Did this on both of my boy's rifles and it was a great, cheaper upgrade.

Just an FYI.... The AAC 77gr Sierra Match King ammo will produce a repeatable 5 shot group at 100yds of 0.6 MOA out of my Criterion barrel. The stuff you used was around 1.18 MOA. You may want to try a box for S&G's.

Thanks for the videos Hop 🫡 Btw, loved your grandfather in the original Hawaii Five-O. McGarrett was legendary 👍🏼

Buy a BCM 18” upper, slap on a Primary Arms GLX 2.5-10x scope and you got your ideal SPR for reasonable cost.

I love seeing the guy at the range with the 500 dollar AR with the 1500 optic!

Good stuff as always, Hop.💪🏻

3:30 bushnell offers some of the best value in the entire optic space.

“It’s just one long panic attack.”

I just wanna say as a "poor." I really love my bushnell stuff. Gonna try their customer support for a stripped riser! But I've heard it's pretty good.

I was surprised that I was able to take my 11.5 with 75gr AAC and 1-6 out to 3&400yds for the first time with first and consistent impacts on 8in plates with a rather cheap PSA upper and some really lucky guessing using 4dof

Can premium glass make the trash pile look any better?!

Dope. I like this idea. Thank, Hop.

Great video Hop!

Im personally a right x-tac kinda guy, but I'll use a left if need be

This is all good doctrinal advice. I liked this video.

For my budget setup I went with the Monstrum Tactical 1-8 lpvo and a Truglo green dot attached. With mount, scope and green dot ran about $230 including tax +shipping

I'm curious why the Burris over the Vortex Diamondback series? Those have always been my best bang for buck magnified choice.

Gold thanks Hop!

Currently I’ve been making a parts list for an spr upper. You and brass are to blame for my current adhd driven madness but I love the journey so far and the experience of learning.

The public's reaction to Hop's disclaimers about caffeine affected accuracy ... "God bless him! He's one of us. Caffeine is how I get through the day!"

Socko is going to be jealous. "Where have you been? Who were you with? I can smell her on you."

I have one of the higher end Ballistic Advantage barrels on a rifle, and it shoots that ADI 69gr stuff under 1moa. I can take it out to 600yds without much difficulty, unless the wind is particularly difficult that day. (The last time I took it out to that distance, I needed to compensate for 15moa of wind drift, or about 5 mil in my Mil subtension scope. Sometimes less, sometimes more. It was a challenge with the changing wind speeds. Still hit more often than not on a 24in gong. It was a fun challenge) They are good barrels for the money, but it did take a few hundred rounds for the barrel to settle in and start making the best groups. I didn't do anything special, not break in process or more frequent cleaning intervals.

RIP swfa. They were my go to LGS but closed shop to focus on their scopes apparently.

Another little trick to better grouping is to stop aiming at the very center of a bullseye.. it's too vague.. Aim at the very top edge of the bullseye; that gives you a very precise edge to focus your aim on consistently. Always try to aim smaller

It's so refreshing to hear the truth. Love this video. 👍

A 12.5” with mpvo is more than sufficient for 600 in. I run the vector marksman 4-16 and it is a very good “budget “ option. I don’t have to dial out to 750 with 75gr bthp.

I had to cover my SWFA 12x and 10x’s eyes and ears for this video.

Nutnfancy mentioned!

Very nice hop

My gun loves the Sig 77 OTM , getting 1/2 MOA out to 300. I’m sure it’ll do greater distance but I need a bigger scope.

I would like to see you review PSA’s budget AR15’s and talk about if you can use them in a defensive context. Since their is debate over if they are good enough to rely on them.

That's also my impression of the SWFA 10x, I have one on my NRL-22 rifle but an unlocked-turret, fixed-power, non-illuminated scope isn't something I'd pick for hunting or tactical use.

The best deal on glass on the planet right now is a Panzer 1-10x FFP with ED glass ....they also just made a 1-6x FFP with ED glass. Im testing both of them on my channel now

Well done

Hop looks exactly like Stephen King, look it up.

Hop up on a hilltop quick, quick, quick. Listening to his AR go click, click, click.

My budget spr is a palmetto upper, an aero lower, and a strike eagle 1-6. All together about 1k spent on it. Maybe one day when I'm better I'll horde better ammo have a better barrel and optic on it and a trigger too. For now it's good enough for me and the distances I have to work with. If I miss its not the rifle or ammos fault....I mean yea it's the rifle I swear the sun was in my eyes too

Bushnell's Match Pro series is pretty good for the money, from what I hear.

I like this idea much better than an lpvo. That has a nice looking reticle for 300 bucks.

I run a 1-6 Strike Eagle 2 on my 18 inch AR 15. Great for 0-300 yards but I’ve been thinking about getting a better scope to really stretch out my gun. Not sure what I want yet but my budget is $400-$500 so I’m shopping around.

@Hop At about the 10:00 minute mark, "... at a funny angle." Where have I heard that before? Oh, yes, it was from the movie "Snatch" and it was Tyrone's excuse for not seeing the "4-ton truck" directly behind the car when he was reversing into a parking space.

I keep falling for Hop's "just another YT cat video" tricks.

left bullet, right bullet lol

You and brass facts need to get into 6arc, been hunting with it for the last few years and it’s such a great “spr” cartridge. You’ll have to get into reloading though as it’s hard to find… at least up here in AK

That one handed shot 🥵

Wouldn’t you know it. This optic is discontinued. True hop style

I have a Colt AR-15 A4 that grouped 1.5” at 100yrds with PMC XTAC. sooooo, maybe I’ll try this idea out on a Milspec 20-incher.

I haven't had good luck with the AAC 77gr OTM. I get about 1.75MOA with it at best. The same is true of their 75gr load. The AAC 77gr SMK OTM on the other hand has performed very well in two of my uppers. The problem is it is always sold out. I have been using cheap Bushnell scopes for a few years on a couple of my ARs they are nothing special, but I have one of their Full Field IV scopes that I've swapped on and off a ton of uppers. It has at least 800 rds of .308 on a WAY over gassed 16" upper along with a bunch of way over gassed 7.62x39. It hadn't died to recoil so that's something...

Came for the cool rifle, stayed for the VERY good cat

Paul Harrell intro, let's go.

12:25 ORANGE CAT!

Leupold MK4HD seems like a sweet spot of value for premium product

I get that it's a joke. I have a 24" BCA pre-Covid 6.5 Grendel with a (Botach Tactical) Sun Armament 10-40x56 and a 3oz second stage trigger (don't recall what madman made it). With Hornady Frontier 123gr, it's .5moa consistently. With Druid Hills Armory 140gr ELD-M, it's one hole more often than not. From the cheapest possible rifle with a PRS stock and a military overrun cheap optic on clearance, probably made for the Afghan police or military

You let the cat 🐈 out of the bag, and I can't find the Bushnell Engage scope in FFP or illuminated reticle. I'm guessing that it is a discontinued model? I guess I'll go look and see what Primary Arms has that is similar? Thanks for the great vid!

So...I started stocking 75gr (it shot slightly better than the 77gr in my setup) after getting a fairly emphatic recommendation from someone who has been there/done that. Besides being more accurate (as you know), yes, it apparently does have significantly more effect on target, especially at medium-long ranges. Yes, I realize I'm some dude on the internet talking about what some other dude said. But trust me because I say so.

Using a vortex 4-16 MRAD on my dmr build it us great though just checked price and they have gotten crazy in the last couple years.

18" ruger mpr with optic and bipod. Done

I love the distain dripping from Hop's voice in this video. Hah.

Heavier 77gr projectiles carry their momentum further.. So the drop off is a little slower.. So you'll need less hold overs.. but the main thing it helps is when you're shooting out past the transonic zone.. So if you're not pushing your shots out to the very limits-- you don't really need the expensive/ heavy rounds. They do well in a 1/7 twist.. but for an ultimate budget SPR.. you're better off with 1/8 or even 1/9 twist and stick with the lighter stuff; It's cheaper and does well on those barrels-- granted, your transonic zone will be a little shorter. But most won't even shoot out that far anyway

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