Steve and Caleb from Brownells share their picks for the Top 3 LPVOs (Low Power Variable Optics) of 2025 so far, covering budget, mid-range, and premium options. Whether you’re building a budget AR or running a high-performance rig for competition or duty use, there’s an LPVO here for you.
Chapters
00:00 – Intro
00:26 – Budget Pick: Athlon Argos BTR Gen 2
02:50 – Athlon Performance and Use Case
03:39 – Mid-Range Pick: Sig Sauer Tango MSR 1-10x
05:28 – Tango MSR Features and FFP Advantages
06:10 – High-End Pick: Nightforce NX8 1-8x
07:01 – Real-World Performance with NX8
08:14 – Zero and Long-Range Precision
09:20 – Final Thoughts and Viewer Feedback
Top 3 that Brownells sells perhaps, but not even close overall though
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I’ve had them all. Was introduced to Arken Ep8 lpvo last year and am very pleased with it.
Is there a way to private message you? I would like to know what mount you used on the Nightforce NX8. It looks like a Geissele mount. I would like to use the same setup in black with my Geissele SUPERDUTY MOD1Heavy barrel upper. Thank you Caleb for your videos
I thought this was a SNL skit 😂
When I see a heading that says "Top 3 LPVO's" I thinking three top shelf LPVO's not this crap. Maybe the Vortex Razor gen3 1-10×24 F1 MRAD $2,499.00, Nightforce ATACR 1-8×24 F1 MRAD $2,800.00 and you can pick a third one in this price range.
Sig is rose gold lol. Pinks
I tested on my ar15 223 14.5 inch carabine gas system:
200rounds 223 Sig MSR 1-10 FFP
1000 rounds Primary Arms 1-8 FFP Griffin
600 rounds eotech vudu 1-10 ffp mil reticle
Sig in my country is expensive as fuck, 60% of Vudu price
Primary arms i tested this reticle with inverted V and after 1000 shoots i prefer just small DOT
Eotech is my numero uno for all x1 and x10 as a scope. Its soo fast to shoot with x1 and soo clear view on x10 that beat previos 2 LVPO.
Can i get Barrel Twist on this ar15 with night force 14.5 inch lenght ?
What didn't they like about 1-8 NX8? Extremely small FOV maybe? At 4x the view almost half as wide as a comparable acog. Reticle being too thick to see the details around the target at 8x? This and the narrow FOV are making 8x essentially useless in this scope.
Any way you like. 🫡
Lazy, all three of these have been around for while (NX8 and Tango are several years old). This video should have been titled "my favorite LPVOs" or you should have done some more extensive research on new products in 2025.
What a terrible review. The no personality guy with the coffee mug???
Putting the NX8 on the list when the PlxC RDB recently released is criminal. Same feature set, better reticle, better 1x, more FOV, less expensive
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Can you show me how you operate the rear flip up site on the middle gun lol
"Brownze" you guys are gems.
Bad thing about running a First Focal Plane LPVO as a Red Dot is Battery Life. The Nightforce NX8 only gets 30 hours of battery life on a fresh battery. 0:05
S&B > Nightforce but Brownells isn’t the US retail partner… its Europtic
My 100 buck Chinese Lpvo from Amazon is just as good….
ill say the nightforce is "higher price range" $1750 vs $289 for midrange. smh
What makes them "TOP"? Anything Night Force will cost more than my Toyota Prius, do you really get more for your money there? Reticle and target acquisition are a must, a 1×6 is barely enough for 100 yards, 1×8 is more adequate for 300 yards. You did not show the reticle or the illumination, that would have been useful.
Utterly insane that only one company has come out with an LPVO with an integrated mount. It's 2025, we shouldn't have to use split rings anymore.
With sig getting all the hate from the P320 I can understand concern but I love my MSR tango FFP. Very clear optic, very accurate even out to 500m.