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Posted: 9/10/2011 7:17:57 AM EDT
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I have been agonizing over which scope to buy.
Since 2005 I've been using a "BSA Target Rifle Scope 6-24x 50 AO". Its big and cost under $100. It has been mounted on a RRA NM AR and has many many rounds on it with no loss of zero or trouble at all. With the BSA fine cross hairs useing Varget under 55gr Vmax or Berger VLD bullets the RRA can easily plink 3/4" groups. Once stretched out to 300 yds and magnification is bumped up to 18x things get dark. I have bought a few cheap scopes, ok, several and all were dissapointing. I looked thru a couple of other shooters Leupolds and they didn't look any better than my 50mm BSA. I looked thru a shooters Counter Sniper and that thing was all boogered up! The Leupolds were set up for the owners, not me. I am ready to spend $600-$850 for a scope. Last night I searched Planet Optics until my eyes were scorched. But its still a guessing game. I've read here that its the glass that makes a quality scope but how many different quality levels of glass can a single manufacture have? Leupold seems to have hundreds of different models all at diff. prices. Does every model have a diff level of glass? I bought a cheap super high power spotters scope. It ain't worth a shit! My ol'BSA is brighter and clearer than it is! I went to one of those over-priced sporting goods stores. I looked thru one scope. One becuz there was no point to look any further since distance was not available inside the store. I'm looking at an ad in American Rifleman magazine for a Nikon M-223, 3-12x42mm. The ad promises "repeatable 600 yard Precision with the new BDC 600 reticle" Is the glass in the $450 Nikon M-223 much better than my $89 BSA? Are all Chinese scopes manufactured in the same massive facilitly in Scru Yui, China? I have a buddy who has invited me to his house that sits on his 200 acres in far eastern Tennesse and I may take as many coyotes as I can. I have a Marlin 982VS which is a heavy barrel bolt gun in .22 Magnum Rimfire. Good for up to 100-150 yds. The cheapish Burris 3-9x scope is good for that range. I am tempted to use my old BSA 6-24x 50mm scope on my AR15 for the coyote hunt becuz I 'know' what it can and has done countless times. My concern is that it IS cheap and just might stop working when I need it the most. My inquiry is How To select a rifle scope. and Which scope do you recommend for my intended use? Thanks For Your Time VonBarkyBuckBuck |
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+1 For the price range and what you've described so far that's my vote. |
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Keep in mind while looking at scopes, side by side, a lot of them will look very similar. When you compare them in low light, in poor weather conditions is where the good ones will shine. Some will "look" similar but one may have better resolution or brighter contrast than the other when looking at target. Good glass costs money as a general rule, but there are some exceptions. BSA is not one of those exceptions.
ETA: If you want a great scope at a great price check out this Weaver. |
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Since Nikon started making their stuff in china I have been purchasing only Leupold. I have used them for over 22 years and was strictly Leupold and Nikon until the whole China thing.
I have a 3-9x40 VX-1, 4-12x40 Mk2 and an older Mk4 4-14x40 currently. I have also sold a few scopes over the last 20 years to fund other projects. I would recomend simply picking one in your budget range and go. I have used them rain, shine and snow with no issues. Back in the day a Weaver and a Simmons put bad Ju Ju on hunting trips. One with a broken reticle and the other fogged up in 20 degree weather. Good luck. |
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Since Nikon started making their stuff in china I have been purchasing only Leupold. I have used them for over 22 years and was strictly Leupold and Nikon until the whole China thing. I have a 3-9x40 VX-1, 4-12x40 Mk2 and an older Mk4 4-14x40 currently. I have also sold a few scopes over the last 20 years to fund other projects. I would recomend simply picking one in your budget range and go. I have used them rain, shine and snow with no issues. Back in the day a Weaver and a Simmons put bad Ju Ju on hunting trips. One with a broken reticle and the other fogged up in 20 degree weather. Good luck. unless since something changed very recently? Nikon still builds/assembles in the Phillippines? With most parts made in Japan! Nikon LEO/ Tactical may still be built in Japan? Pentax has shifted to China from the Phillippines. Gameseeeker and Pioneer II models. The best deal going were the $125.00 Pentax Pioneer 4.5-14 closeout's made in the Phillippines. Same as a Burris FFII then. 
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