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Burris is top notch!

Sig220_Ruger77
When I was a teenager and really getting into guns, calibers, reloading, and all their accessories, my dad began his process of replacing his rifle scopes. He had picked Burris as his brand of choice and as of date, he has at least a few Fullfield II’s, a Droptine, a Signature Series, and a FastFire. For my 16th birthday, he bought me a 3-9x40 FFII that my .300 Win Mag still proudly wears.

Fast forward to this weekend. I received some random parts (battery and charger) from Burris, that I needed for my Burris Shot Cam. They sent me 2 batteries, a charger, new dust covers, and a pressure switch setup free of charge. The battery died, as they do eventually and I lost the charger, but they included the whole package of parts for no cost to this average Joe, even after I insisted on paying for them. That’s pretty cool and worthy of sharing with you guys!

Jon
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  • He Dog
    For mid-level optics, they are well above the pack in customer service.
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  • montanajoe
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    Nice to hear of great customer service.  
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  • Grasshopper

    +2 Needed them once and had like a 7 day turn around. Great service !

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  • mrmike08075

    Jon,

    As I have related here before whenever possible I try to put a period correct scope on my rifles / short rifles / carbines...

    Additionally if a more modern optic or specialty glass is required I will switch to a more modern scope but still put in an effort to have a vintage example set aside with the long guns other accessories and any take off pieces or spare parts...

    My preference is all steel tube crisp clear optics from 1960 through to 1978 and I tend to gravitate towards Lyman and weaver and rescued and Bushnell and yes even tasco.

    Same with binoculars and spotting scopes or additional supplemental support optics like range finders or more modern red dot or holo sights...

    I have managed to acquire only 3 Burris scopes in the last 25 years - good clean well cared for vintage pre-owned Burris glass just seems to stay with and stay on a rifle once mounted.

    Two are straight fixed optics / shotgun style I conjecture...


    The two straight optic shotgun style steel tube scopes I was at least for now considering mounting them on this pair a 28 gauge shotguns in quick release mounts that can be removed without damaging either guns receiver irreversibly...

    A Japanese type 18 bolt action and a domestic vintage single barrel - both with 28" long tubes...

    Good turkey or pheasant or deer guns in a pinch - or gunclub turkey shoots for cash prizes and mysterious gifts...


    Believe it or not I have a sealed case of fiocchi 28 gauge slugs and a ginormous pile of assorted mainly European 28 gauge golden pheasant loads a trap loads and ptarmigan loads...

    When the gunshop closed its doors I took home most of the foreign manufactured 28 gauge ammo including the slugs - I mean has anyone here actually ever seen or fired or taken game with a slug from a 28 gauge in the last 50 years???

    The third scope is a long eye relief forward mount scout scope concept optic and I was thinking of assigning it to my Siamese Mauser spotter project gun which I am solidly leaning towards clambering in .50 Alaskan of you think the Burris can handle it...

    I also discovered a big Manila envelope with an old Burris catalog and some promotional gun show give away prize fare...

    I am wearing the T-shirt as we speak.

    In your opinion did I do okay on the scopes - are they good quality and decent variants???

    I picked up all 3 at a gunshow for $100.00 total all in.

    Thanks for the Burris thread - sparked a bunch of memories for me.

    Mike

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  • bpost
    When I bought my first Burris, a Signature 1.5X6 to put on the .338 BAR, the shop owner insisted I compare the Burris to the Leopold I wanted before he would sell one to me.  We went outside with the rifle stock having the rubber scope mounts.
    I could not believe the difference.  The Burris was much brighter, much more clear with a definite advantage in clarity.  I was sold on Burris for 30 years.
    Now, not so much but I sure like their older glass and especially miss the 8X32 Signature I sold a while back.  I am still kicking myself for that one.  I have five Burris Fastfire III's.  They are fantastic.
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  • Okie
    Good to hear about Burris CS being great. I do not ever buy anything from places that their warranty or CS has left a bad taste in my mouth, especially optics or guns. I've had some optics CS people tell me price of something would be 35 cents and shipping would be $10, like for example a rubber eyeguard piece that rotted and fell off their scope or a scope cap . I tell them to stick it where the sun don't shine
    I use Leupold and when asked I  tell friends to buy Leupold.
    I'll now consider and review Burris.

    NRA Member

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  • chiefr
    Cant never recall anyone having problems with Burris scopes. They are first rate optics. I too own a couple, but unlike Leupold, never had had to send one back for repair.
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  • BobJudy
    You had to go and bring this up. After hearing of some people lamenting on the problems they have with products on here, I think either I have been lucky or they have been unlucky. Reference the recent model 70 thread where I said I never had a bad one. 20+ years ago I sold Burris and on the recommendation of one of their reps bought a 3-9 Fullfield to put on a 257 Roberts. Problems from day one. Sighting in was a joke. Dial it in and get 3 shots in a nice tight group and then the next 2 would be touching but 4 inches away.  Tried it on another rifle - same problem. Sent it to Burris and they fixed that problem but now there was a problem with debris in the scope. A half dozen or so what looked like paint flakes inside on the lenses. Sent it in and got it back and put it on a Knight muzzleloader I was selling and got rid of it. Guess I can be unlucky and get a lemon once in a while too. Bob
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  • bustedknee
    BobJudy said:
    .... Guess I can be unlucky and get a lemon once in a while too. Bob
    Its great to hear all the good reports...however...
    I've owned one Burris in my life.  I drew a permit for moose in a muzzle loader hunt so I looked around for a compact low-power scope that would match my Stainless Steel Encore.  Burris answered the call!

    I went to the range every evening working up a load.  I tried various bullets, various powders, (pellets and loose), and various primers. Just when I thought I had found a winning combination the groups would move several inches or they would open to a "shotgun pattern". They next day the group would be somewhere else on the target. 
    I experimented with  cleaning after each shot, every 3 shots, etc.  Nothing solved the problem until I replaced the Burris with a Leupold off another of my guns.  It was blue (didn't match the rifle's stainless steel scheme) but it shot like a sniper rifle with almost every combination I tested.

    I'll admit I never tried Burris' customer service.  I have this strange belief that a new product should work as advertised. 
    A fellow I worked with professed his love for Burris scopes and made me an offer.  He said their CS was outstanding and he would be happy to take it off my hands.

    My safe is full of Leupolds, a couple Redfields and a couple Vortex.

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