Burris Spotting Scope Question
Does anyone have any experience with the 20-60x 80mm Burris Landmark spotting scope that's on sale at Midway for $175? This is such a low price for a scope with an 80mm objective that I'm suspicious of its quality, but since it's about three hundred bucks cheaper than the Nikon Sky and Earth scope with the same specs, I'm sorely tempted to gamble.
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Donld, I do not have experience with this scope, but I can tell you that a $300 scope is not a Leica $1600 scope no matter who makes it. Burris does make quality products, and this scope is likely to be as good as any $300 scope made. www.bearbasin.com sells it for $219 so $175 is a very decent price.
Edited by - He Dog on 11/02/2002 12:18:520 -
I don't have a Burris spotting scope, but I do have Burris rifle scopes and I love them. They are good quality. HTH in some way.
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I saw one at a local gun shop. It may say Burris on the side, but it also says made in China. I wasn't impressed with the quality. I don't know what the warranty would be. It's a crap shoot. Roll the dice! You may get lucky.
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Thanks guys
Yeah, I didn't expect Leica, Zeiss, or Swarovski quality for that price, but I was hoping someone would tell me that it was the equal of the Nikon Sky & Earth 80mm, a scope which has gotten very good reviews in the press. Chinese quality has been going up, but I'm still leery of their electronics, optics, and airguns. Ah, why do I dither so on an under $200 scope and spend so quickly on firearms?0 -
Sir, I have ordered two of them for customers. I have an old Redfield 15-45x60mm that I bought over 25 years ago that I guess I got lucky on. Anyway, it is what I use to compare other spotting scopes to. The model you are talking about crapped out in dim light (after the sun has gone down) about 20 minutes before the old Redfield. Even though the Landmark had an 80mm objective lens it did not gather the light the Redfield did. Another fault, in my opinion, is that they are not rubber armored. Another fault is that they are very big in size with comparison to other spotting scopes. 95% of the time any power over 35-45 is wasted because of dust, mirage, heat waves in the air. Chances are if they are on sale that cheap, they are being discontinued for some reason, maybe all of the above. My experience with the optics from China is that they are poor quality, even for the price. Have not had any experience with many of the others except the B&L Discover, 15-60x60mm, it is not a bad scope for the money, but not rubber armored. It had better optics than the Landmark. The Weaver spotter was also pretty good and was rubber armored. I like a scope that is rubber armored because we do 98% of our spotting from 4wd's and you can lay them on the dash or in the seat and not baby them so much. 0 -
Donld, looks like I made a bad guess on the quality of the Burris scope, based on their riflescope quality. My apologies! I would listen to the guys that looked at them. I do have experience with the Bushnell scopes, both older and newer. I will stick to my Leica APO for birding, but my Bushnell scope has never let me down, and will give you good service for the money. 0
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