best scope
03-23-2005, 09:18 PM
#4
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: a van down by the river
Posts: 8,939
RE: best scope
Howdy deerhonter and welcome to the forums!
I've owned a few scopes that cost less than $100. They have all been replaced with better scopes. I'd have saved money if I'd just shelled out the extra $ up front and got a good one from the get-go. You might could get something used on Ebay at a pretty decent price.
I've owned a few scopes that cost less than $100. They have all been replaced with better scopes. I'd have saved money if I'd just shelled out the extra $ up front and got a good one from the get-go. You might could get something used on Ebay at a pretty decent price.
03-30-2005, 01:13 PM
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location:
Posts: 579
RE: best scope
I have a Bushnell Trophy 3-9X40 mounted on a Knight 50 caliber Bighorn muzzleloader. I bought the scope new for about $100 and they can be had for $84 from Natchez Shooters Supply. I have Leupolds & Bushnell Elite's on my high powered rifles. I was thinking of taking the Trophy off and putting it on a .22 lr but in the 5 years I've had it I have had no problems and no complaints. The scope gathers alot of light and I've taken deer each year during our 1 week muzzleloader season. In the years I've had the scope the only adjustments I've had to make were because I changed bullets and powder charges last year. I had been shooting 120 gr. of loose pyrodex and switched to 150 gr. of the pellets. The scope has remained on zero with no problems. Believe me I have the money to upgrade the scope and other than a hunting buddy poking fun at me for having a cheap scope I can't find a reason to knock this scope.
03-30-2005, 02:01 PM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 117
RE: best scope
I think you are better off spending more on a good scope. Most of the scopes for $100 are junk. They may last 4 or 5 years but if you shoot it much you will have to buy another one. I had a tasco world class plus 3-9-9x44 for 5 seasons on my .270. I loved it.. it was always on.. then this past august I missed a pig at 35 yards.. I went to the range.. and at 50 yards I was getting a 7 inch group. That was $125 waisted in my opinion. I wished I would have bought a good on in the first place. You can get nikon buckmaster for 200 or even a leopold rifleman for 200 at walmart. Both have lifetime waranty.
Im just glad that I learned that my POS tasco went bad before deer season.
Im just glad that I learned that my POS tasco went bad before deer season.
03-30-2005, 02:10 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: \"Good Ontario\"
Posts: 1,754
RE: best scope
ORIGINAL: North Texan
Howdy deerhonter and welcome to the forums!
I've owned a few scopes that cost less than $100. They have all been replaced with better scopes. I'd have saved money if I'd just shelled out the extra $ up front and got a good one from the get-go. You might could get something used on Ebay at a pretty decent price.
Howdy deerhonter and welcome to the forums!
I've owned a few scopes that cost less than $100. They have all been replaced with better scopes. I'd have saved money if I'd just shelled out the extra $ up front and got a good one from the get-go. You might could get something used on Ebay at a pretty decent price.
03-31-2005, 09:35 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Texas and Arkansas
Posts: 1,496
RE: best scope
If that is the BPS Redhead scope I would think twice. I almost bought one a couple of years ago and the BPS sales guy warned me off of them. That's why I bought the Bushnell Trophy.