What's Your Scope?

jamesomara

Just wondering what kind of glass you're using. IMHO, the Burris Fullfield II 3-9x40 is the most bang for your buck, no pun intended.

I just picked up a Tasco for Varmint hunting. Usually, optics is the one thing that I will not go cheap on - it is against my religion. The quality, purity, and processes in the glass is like comparing Oakleys to glasses at the Euro shop.

Anyhow, I was impressed with this illuminated Tasco
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Tasco-Varmint-6-24-x-42-Scope-with-Illuminated-Mil-Dot-Matte/5684934

Optics are not great at dawn or dusk but fine at night or in the day. The higher magnifications are not great. However, at that price, for varmints it is a great deal.

For those of you that have thrown down the dosh and stepped up to a Zeiss, Leupold, Zwarovski, please advise if you have used the cheaper scopes and what you think.

Concisely: I vote the Burris Fullfield II as the best.

It wasn't me!

Schmidt and Bender Varmint 4-16x50. There's just no comparison between top-end European stuff and the rest of the world. It's just so far ahead of it all. I got a bargain on the one I bought, but it'd be worth a lot more to me than I paid for it. Best value for money is Zeiss. Leupolds are nice enough but I personally wouldn't pay new prices for them at all. I've a Weaver V-16 as well which is a nice bit of glass for very little money. You get what you pay for though. If you want top-end light gathering and quality and clarity at the manky ends of day and night, you need the top-end European stuff.

jamesomara

Personally, I could not justify spending that kind of money on a scope, even to myself! However, it is best to have one great gun with a great scope than several mediocre guns with mediocre scopes.

Perhaps, if I found myself limited by my equipment, I would go for it. Until then...

I cannot see throwing factory lead downrange with that scope unless you hand load - it just defeats the purpose.

I have found that the variance in factory ammo, FAR outweighs the subtleties between any of the scopes that I have used: Burris, Leupold, Zeiss, Nikon, and a few others.

It wasn't me!

jamesomara wrote: »

Personally, I could not justify spending that kind of money on a scope, even to myself! However, it is best to have one great gun with a great scope than several mediocre guns with mediocre scopes.

Perhaps, if I found myself limited by my equipment, I would go for it. Until then...

I cannot see throwing factory lead downrange with that scope unless you hand load - it just defeats the purpose.

I have found that the variance in factory ammo, FAR outweighs the subtleties between any of the scopes that I have used: Burris, Leupold, Zeiss, Nikon, and a few others.

Handloading won't help you clearly identify game at last light and first light. My Schmidt and Bender will.

dos29

Have a NXS 12-42 now for the big'un, and a nikko nighteater 6-24 on the little'un. Love the NXS, rugged, clear, and I really like how solid the adjustments are.
The nikko is great for vermin and a bit of target. But you can easily see the difference between it and the NXS.
First scope I had was a Burris Fullfireld II 4.5-14.
Cracking scope! Very solid, very clear. Even now owning an NXS, I still think the Burris was a fantastic scope, and the best value you can get IMO.

foxshooter243

I use a nightforce NXS on my savage 12 f/tr and a swarovski 6-18 -50 habicht on my 223..but if you get a chance have a look through an IOR Valdada optic..I recently purchased on of these in 10-56 for my 243 and the glass is superb for the money..as IWM says the true test of a scopes glass is at dawn/dusk sio I must compare all three against one another in falling light to get a good comparison, but for the money IOR Valdada are offering an excellent product.

fish slapped

On my 223, which is more for foxing than targets, I have a Redfield tracker 4-12x44, it's an older scope I picked up second hand for about €50 but I would rate the glass alongside the bushnell 4200 elite. Light gathering and definition are extremely good.

Kryten

HB&M No.32 MK1 scope. 3.5X dated 1943

clivej

Bushnell, Bushnell and Bushnell

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clivej wrote: »

Bushnell, Bushnell and Bushnell

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