Serious Lower Priced Scopes
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snert
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I like the Weaver T10 on a 22....there is one for sale on the forum for $250. Several pages back, but it is there. Great tracking, a real scope and enough but not too much power for target and squirrels.
If the gun is a carbine, or little 22, then I would get a leupold 2-7 Rimfire scope.
That said, i have a (gasp) BSA 2-7 Air rifle scope on my 541T and really like it for bushytails. It has adjustment to 15 yards and it was really cheap. When the first one died after 7-8 years, i sent it in and they sent me a new one.
I paid $69 dollars and have killed a pile of squirrels with it. In fact tonight I checked zero at 25 yards and punched a five shot group, all together in one ragged hole. Gun shoots crappy Remington Subsonic like it is Eley!
If the gun is a carbine, or little 22, then I would get a leupold 2-7 Rimfire scope.
That said, i have a (gasp) BSA 2-7 Air rifle scope on my 541T and really like it for bushytails. It has adjustment to 15 yards and it was really cheap. When the first one died after 7-8 years, i sent it in and they sent me a new one.
I paid $69 dollars and have killed a pile of squirrels with it. In fact tonight I checked zero at 25 yards and punched a five shot group, all together in one ragged hole. Gun shoots crappy Remington Subsonic like it is Eley!
Ledd Slinger
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Low end scopes will usually hold up well for a long time on low recoiling rifles. However, the big issue ive found with low end scopes is that they will give you a pounding headache if you spend long periods looking through them. For hunting big game, moderate target shooting and plinking, they will probably be fine. But if you are on a hot gopher field and shooting for hours on end, you better hope you packed some pain meds.
The old Japanese Tasco scopes i aforementioned have good enough glass that eye strain is not nearly as much a concern as it is with todays modern junk Chinese glass.
The old Japanese Tasco scopes i aforementioned have good enough glass that eye strain is not nearly as much a concern as it is with todays modern junk Chinese glass.
I tested numbers of low cost (under 500%) scopes, including Mueller, Tasco, Pentax, etc.
IMHO without no doubt best are Nikon Monarch 3
IMHO without no doubt best are Nikon Monarch 3
Cheap scopes are like cheap Wine you can end up with a bigger headache then you bargain for. Good glass will last a life time. Larry
Being Italian I fully agree with you. Drink Italian wines and indeed no headaches😃savagedasher said:
Shot a lot of targets, ".0's a few times, .1's enough to know the feeling and enough .2's to think it mundane!! Shot a lot of groundhogs.......a fair number at distances really well not perceived by the internet experts. A goodly number of prairie dogs and present at a lot of those firings was some form of a NIKON!! Fifteen years ago I said that the best kept secret in optics was NIKON and I still adhere to that.....let's clarify. The original Monarchs were second to none in clarity, light gathering in actual hunting situations and (dawn and dusk and dark thirty!!) definition. The original Buckmasters 4.5-14 and 6-18 with the A.O. was some serious at not a lot of cost, glass!! Then came the side focus Buckmasters and the NEW monarchs............should never have quit making the original Monarchs, Buckmasters or the SF 4.5-14 or 6.5-20!! Leupolds are great glass. I have some and will probably have some more but for affordable, great glass, the NIKON lines have been hard to beat for a number of years. Now that is not to say that there are not some affordable good glass other than the Nikons but probably if someone read this far they are ready to move to a new subject. BUSHNELL ELITE 3200's were pretty decent and can still be had at good prices too.
I started long range BR a number of years ago with a used Sightron SII 6-24 scope. I had no problem with it.
Then, my wonderful wife gave me a N-F BR scope for Christmas so the Sightron went into the safe. Then I built a 284 WIN heavy gun and put the Sightron on it. I was amazed at how well it worked!
Then my wife gave me a new Sightron SIII 10-50 scope and again the SII 6-24 went into the safe. I will not get rid of it.
Bottom line, I think Sightron SII scopes are a real bargain. And, mine isn't the "Big Sky" model. I hear the Big Sky versions are way better than the plain SII.
Then, my wonderful wife gave me a N-F BR scope for Christmas so the Sightron went into the safe. Then I built a 284 WIN heavy gun and put the Sightron on it. I was amazed at how well it worked!
Then my wife gave me a new Sightron SIII 10-50 scope and again the SII 6-24 went into the safe. I will not get rid of it.
Bottom line, I think Sightron SII scopes are a real bargain. And, mine isn't the "Big Sky" model. I hear the Big Sky versions are way better than the plain SII.
Ledd Slinger
Silver $$ Contributor
normmatzen said:
By chance, is your wife looking to adopt a new family member??? ;D
Not a chance!!
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