Rifle scopes for whitetail, Antelope,ect
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I agree with your line of thinking and last scope I bought was a Nikon also. I am however real interested in the vortex scopes and think the next one I get will be vortex. 0 -
I find the Bushnell Trophy line to work well and I've killed a lot of deer when looking through them. The last several years I've been primarily using the Bushnell Elite 4200 series. They are very good scopes for the money when new and lately they can be found used very reasonable. The rainguard coating is everything it is advertised to be. 0 -
Vortex because of the warranty. Lifetime replacement even if you drop it on a rock. 0 -
Most of the above with a Burris once in awhile
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Also most of the above with a few Weavers thrown in the mix. My worry now is with Nikon leaving the scope business what will happen to the lifetime warranties? I've never had to use their warranty and I hope that continues. I lost faith in the performance of the cheaper Leupolds compared to similar priced models from their competition. Leopold should specify a little better glass from their Asian suppliers. Bob 0 -
I managed to gather - over the course of the gunshop years - a pair of Leopold vari-X ii 3-9X40mm matte black rifle scopes - both used but in perfect condition...
While one was designated for and installed on a mauser es-340b .22 rimfire bolt action target trainer - one I ended up getting aside as a purpose use optic to rotate onto many of my guns and to be used in test firing new guns - and it's fit that niche of sitting atop multiple guns as need very well...
I realize that it may seem a tad over the top to place this scope on a Marlin 336 .30-30 lever action rifle or my mauser sporter project in .250-3000 savage or on a norinco JW-15 CZ clone .22 lr bolt action rifle but I have enjoyed having it as a power added force multiplier quality optic to try on anything my heart desires...
I have 3 steel tube weaver 3-9X40mm. a K-4-W and a V-9B and a K-4-60 and a V8 2.5x-8x along with one of those quick point weird .22 rifle scope as well...
I must confess I do own a bunch of tasco scopes and store brand or no name cheap 3-9X40mm off brand import scopes and most of them work just fine for range day work...
Mike
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Forgot about Weaver one of my favorites to mount on my Marlins is their 1-3 v seris 0 -
My two main hunting rifles wear Swift scopes . Both of which I bought dirt cheap . They work great . Probably one of the best values on the market money wise . Just not well known but serious birders swear by Swift’s binoculars .
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A Leupold VX_III 2.5-8 is what sits on my Model 70 in .270 Win.
I kinda figure I owe it to the game I'm hunting to use the best equipment I can afford (within reason!) so I don't end up with a crippled critter. See Bposts recent rant on his experience with Nikon scopes.3 -
My 4 main hunting rifles all have Nikon 3-9X 40 BDC scopes on them. I have taken whitetail at over 250 yards with my Savage 16TH. in .308... My longest yote shot with another Savage 16 in .223 is just over 200 yards. I also have one on my Muzzle Loader and a Savage 22 Mag rifle. I have never had an issue with any of them... Good clear glass and pretty rugged.. 0 -
I have a Simmons Pro, Whitetail Classic on my single shot NEF .30-.06 Utra Rifle. 3-24X63 AO. works very good, without breaking the bank.
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Nikon is out of the scope business. I had three of the BDC's go bad in short order. If you need warranty service all you will get is a voucher to buy a non-scope item at full retail from their web site. Nikon scopes are BAD NEWS. 0 -
Well that was not news I wanted to hear......bpost said:Nikon is out of the scope business. I had three of the BDC's go bad in short order. If you need warranty service all you will get is a voucher to buy a non-scope item at full retail from their web site. Nikon scopes are BAD NEWS.
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Vortex 0 -
Tasco and open sights
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I also really like Swift optics. 0 -
My only beef with Nikkon is the power ring on their scopes are unusually stiff to turn. Some more than others. And on the Monarch series, one of the turret caps has a gloss gold coat of arms on it that looks like a trunk lid emblem from a '48 Packard. Who came up with that Idea? Otherwise they're OK. I have a Burris Fullfield 3.5-10x50 that's my favorite. It's old, 20 yrs at least. I recently bought a Vortex Diamondback 1.75-5x32 to mount on a m94 AE. I haven't sighted it yet. It's got a BDC reticle. That makes me chuckle. I can barely see the cross hashes. It seems like a decent scope though. Oh I need to mention the Burris E1 reticle. Not good. The reticle doesn't cover the sight picture. It's just a small portion of the center. Lay down a silver dollar. That's the sight picture. Lay a quarter on it. That's the reticle. Seriously, Who came up with that idea? 0 -
I never owned a Swift rifle scope but I do know they made some good spotting scopes. I have one of their old spotting scopes that still works great.pulsarnc said:My two main hunting rifles wear Swift scopes . Both of which I bought dirt cheap . They work great . Probably one of the best values on the market money wise . Just not well known but serious birders swear by Swift’s binoculars .
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Got a leupold on my shotgun
Burris signature select on wife's 270
everything else has Nikon or Bushnell from walmart0 -
Check out the Leupold freedom scopes.... 0 -
Short range guns and .22s get VX-1 3x9. Most everything else gets s VX-R 4-14
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I had been a Bushnell guy for over 30 years, but after I slipped on some ice and landed on one of my old Sportviews, they chose to send me a Banner, made in China. Total crap, so no more Bushnell anything. I have changed my allegiance to Burris in the last decade for any of my long range rifles. My AR's have Redfield scopes on them, and I have a Swift with locking turrets on my turkey gun, because the recoil is ridiculous. 0 -
Have an old steel Weaver 3-9x on a Rem 721 22-250. Have a Redfield of some sort on a Rem 760(?)-semi auto 308 that my FIL gave me. Other than that Leupold VX IIs and VX IIIs. 0 -
I have 6 Nikons and 3 Vortex's. Never had a problem with any of the Nikons, but I do like the Vortex scopes. 0 -
Most of my deer rifles have Leupold's. My varmint rifles have some older weavers. Unertals. Have some good bushnells too 0 -
Leupolds, VX-II and VX-III's anywhere from 3x9, 4.5 x 14, and one for way out there a 6.5 x 25 boosted by Premier Reticle, to 25 x 50. 0 -
I have a used a couple Thompson Center scopes with good luck. Don’t know who made/makes them but they were inexpensive about 15 years ago when I wanted a couple, still fine now. I think 3x9x50
But now I’d probably go with one of the different grades of Vortex.
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For last dozen years, I have been pretty much Swift or Nikon Monarch's. I do have a Zeiss on my go to deer rifle which is a Browning ABolt in 25-06. I rigged up a Browning XBolt in 2019 in 26 Nosler I bought here on GB at great price and wanted a 30 mm tube on it. Put a Burris Veracity on it that I also got on GB. Son used it in Kansas this past year and I may not get it back. He loved it. 0 -
IMHO
Nikon is becoming the "simmons" of 30 years ago. So far the Nikon warranty has covered all the rejects I've returned but that seems to be an excessive number.0 -
I must be lucky because I have never sent back any of my Nikons. The only scopes I've had to send back were Leupold and Burris. Leupold service was good, Burris not so much. I know it was serviced here but they took so long I thought they must have sent it back to the Philippines where it was made. BobMobuck said:IMHO
Nikon is becoming the "simmons" of 30 years ago. So far the Nikon warranty has covered all the rejects I've returned but that seems to be an excessive number.0
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