Thanks for the review. I’ve had my eye on this one. I bought a 4.5-30 Bushnell two years ago. It’s a bit dark. Stiff power ring, worse when cold. Both well known issues. But the big disapointment was the focus being off when set parallax free. Nice to see a thorough review before I buy.
Totally agree. I had that same exact Bushnell scope years ago. Same exact issues as well. 30x isn't even useable when parallax is dialed out. Image starts getting dark around 22-24x. Sold it for cheap and never looked back.
I also have Bushnell 6-24x50 Tactical scope and an old Bushnell 4200 6-24x40 with AO. Both great scopes made in Japan. But the Bushnell 4.5-30x50 Tactical/6500 version is no good in my opinion. The Trijicon 4.5-30 is on a whole 'nother planet compared to the Bushnell 4.5-30
I have a pair of the old Bushnell 4-16x50AO, great scopes. Do you have any experience with the old Bushnell 8-32x40AO? I'm concerned it will have the same darkness issues above 24x.
I bought it because of your reviews of the 4.5-30....
And I almost cried when you sold your Delta Stryker...
Just picked up a new Crimson Trace 6-24x56 riflescope. Also 34mm tube, 25 MOA per revolution turrets, nice glass etched reticle with MOA subtensions and a floating center dot, and made in Japan with ED glass. Will be a couple weeks before I get the chance to compare it against the mighty Trijicon, but I'm really hoping the new Crimson Trace optics do well. They are very reasonably priced for the feature set.
This will be a new venture for me as the reticle is in the First Focal Plane which is the only available option for all the Crimson Trace scopes. Hoping I will learn to like it. If I do like it, then adding FFP reticle scopes to the list when looking for a new purchase will greatly enhance my options.
Stay tuned for the Crimson Trace review thread in the optics section of the forum
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Just picked up a new Crimson Trace 6-24x56 riflescope. Also 34mm tube, 25 MOA per revolution turrets, nice glass etched reticle with MOA subtensions and a floating center dot, and made in Japan with ED glass. Will be a couple weeks before I get the chance to compare it against the mighty Trijicon, but I'm really hoping the new Crimson Trace optics do well. They are very reasonably priced for the feature set.
This will be a new venture for me as the reticle is in the First Focal Plane which is the only available option for all the Crimson Trace scopes. Hoping I will learn to like it. If I do like it, then adding FFP reticle scopes to the list when looking for a new purchase will greatly enhance my options.
Stay tuned for the Crimson Trace review thread in the optics section of the forum
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I hope that reticle is a pic of the lowest power. If not, those small hash marks will disappear. Having said that, for me, the reticle is too busy.
I'm sorry, I don't get the elevation hashes. It says moa, is the picture in mil? I really like a floating dot. I like the Sightron moa2 but it would be nice to have small hash every moa.We'll see what it's like when I get it....
I agree that the windage post is way to busy.