Scope for light weight rifle

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I'm building a light weight 5 1/2 pound rifle and wondering what the best scope is that weighs no more than a pound. It doesn't make any sense to me to spend more money to go light only to put a heavy scope on it. I'm looking at a Leupold
VX3i 4-14 30mm tube with a windplex but if there is something better out there that isn't over a pound I'm interested. I don't shoot over 800 yards.
 
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I'm building a light weight 5 1/2 pound rifle and wondering what the best scope is that weighs no more than a pound. It doesn't make any sense to me to spend more money to go light only to put a heavy scope on it. I'm looking at a Leupold
VX3i 4-14 30mm tube but if there is something better out there that isn't over a pound I'm interested. I don't shoot over 800 yards.
1" or 30MM? SFP or FFP? Budget? Etc...
 
The ones that jump to my mind are:

Leupold VX3i 4.5-14x40, windplex, CDS-ZL (15.6oz)
Swaro Z5 3.5-18x44 BT/4w (15.9oz)-- 1" tube
Swaro Z5i 3.5-18x44 BW/4w (17.4oz)-- 1" tube

Going up in weight by 4oz gets you into the Razor LHT, the VX5HD or the Swaro Z6 which are probably better options.
 
The ones that jump to my mind are:

Leupold VX3i 4.5-14x40, windplex, CDS-ZL (15.6oz)
Swaro Z5 3.5-18x44 BT/4w (15.9oz)-- 1" tube
Swaro Z5i 3.5-18x44 BW/4w (17.4oz)-- 1" tube

Going up in weight by 4oz gets you into the Razor LHT, the VX5HD or the Swaro Z6 which are probably better options.
I believe the Leupold is the same scope as the OP noted in #1, and his preference is 30MM over 1" per #6.
 
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