Noob needs help with scope choice.

Hi guys, title says it all. My new rifle is arriving tomorrow but im still somewhat undecided on glass. I'm new to long range world, so I'm a bit out if my depth looking a long range reasonable quality scopes. Current scopes I own are a vortex crossfire 2 4-12x44 deadhold bdc that came on a savage I have. A basic Bushnell 3-9x40 that is about 15yrs old. A zerotech vengence 3-12x40

I was looking at the Arken ep5 7-35×56 FFP MIL But I see arken cops alot of hate in the community. And I'm not sure exactly why, it seems to be quite good value.

I have had a look over the google doc from here but I'm still very unsure what to look for exactly to know what is work getting etc

The arken seems to have feature that would be helpful, like the zero stop, big dials, decent glass, good tube size, illuminated reticle, etc. But I also see similarly priced scopes ppl recommend don't seem to have equivalent features at times, so im very confused as to what wpuld be the best way to go.

It will be going on a howa 1500 6.5creedmoor, 26in barrel, in a MDT XRS chassis. Shooting out to 1000m eventually.

If people could provide some advice with an explanation of what is good or not good to look for and why that is, that would be greatly appreciated.

Also FYI, I am in Australia so stock at times is limited and budget would be up to $1300aud. I just want the best I can get for the money that will have good glass and features and such

Thanks for the help.

Hi guys, title says it all. My new rifle is arriving tomorrow but im still somewhat undecided on glass. I'm new to long range world, so I'm a bit out if my depth looking a long range reasonable quality scopes. Current scopes I own are a vortex crossfire 2 4-12x44 deadhold bdc that came on a savage I have. A basic Bushnell 3-9x40 that is about 15yrs old. A zerotech vengence 3-12x40

I was looking at the Arken ep5 7-35×56 FFP MIL But I see arken cops alot of hate in the community. And I'm not sure exactly why, it seems to be quite good value.

I have had a look over the google doc from here but I'm still very unsure what to look for exactly to know what is work getting etc

The arken seems to have feature that would be helpful, like the zero stop, big dials, decent glass, good tube size, illuminated reticle, etc. But I also see similarly priced scopes ppl recommend don't seem to have equivalent features at times, so im very confused as to what wpuld be the best way to go.

It will be going on a howa 1500 6.5creedmoor, 26in barrel, in a MDT XRS chassis. Shooting out to 1000m eventually.

If people could provide some advice with an explanation of what is good or not good to look for and why that is, that would be greatly appreciated.

Also FYI, I am in Australia so stock at times is limited and budget would be up to $1300aud. I just want the best I can get for the money that will have good glass and features and such

Thanks for the help.