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Bushnell Trophy 3-9x40 Riflescope DOA 600 Reticle | 17 | 89.47% | |
Simmons 3.5-10x40 Whitetail Classic | 2 | 10.53% | |
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April 23, 2012, 09:50 PM | #1 |
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Which of these two scopes for the long haul.....
http://www.natchezss.com/product.cfm...8B&src=tpCtgOp
Or http://www.natchezss.com/product.cfm...53&src=tpCtgOp No interest in Zeiss,Nikon,Nitrex,Leupold,Konus,etc. Primary use would be on bolt action rifle in .223,.308 or 30-06
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April 24, 2012, 11:00 AM | #2 |
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Interesting,140 reads and 2 votes.Apparently people think its a joke poll or something. Maybe I'll just get both.
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April 24, 2012, 02:11 PM | #3 |
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Ok, I'll play. Out of those choices, I think you might have better luck with the Bushnell.
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April 24, 2012, 08:39 PM | #4 |
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I'll Play
Of those 2 I would choose the Bushnell. However, My choice would be a Pentax Gameseeker (oh yea that's what I replaced the Bushnell with that came on my Weatherby Vanguard).
I have had a couple of Simmons over the years and they were 'iffy'. Didn't hold zero very well. |
April 24, 2012, 11:29 PM | #5 |
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Bushnell has a much better name. But, my personal experience is that I live my Simmons scope on my .22 bolt rifle and hate the red dot Bushnell on my brother's AR.
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April 25, 2012, 01:14 AM | #6 |
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BUSHNELL.
Bushnell gets my vote. I just purchased a very similar scope, the Bushnell Banner 3-9x40 and I'm very pleased with the quality for the price you pay. The optics are very clear and easy to acquire.
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April 25, 2012, 05:30 AM | #7 |
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I have a Whitetail Expedition--but it's the 6.5-20 model. I have had fantastic results with it. I can also say that mine is very durable--I mounted mine on a .50 BMG rifle () and it performed beautifully. They're also inexpensive; you can usually find them on sale for right around $120.00.
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April 25, 2012, 01:08 PM | #8 |
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I think a lot of people reading this are grouping the Whitetail classic with all other offerings from Simmons,but apparently its made in the Phillipines and is a whole different animal.
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April 26, 2012, 11:27 AM | #9 |
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Right or wrong, I'd go with the Bushnell. I have a low dollar one that's not on a gun right now, but it worked Ok when it was. Not a great scope by any means, but it held its zero. I paid a lot more for a scope (Japanese, but will remain nameless) that replaced the Bushnell on the 223, and the more expensive scope did NOT hold zero. The Bushnell was made in the Phillippines.
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April 26, 2012, 11:46 AM | #10 |
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I've owned a lot of cheap scopes over the years and I've only seen 3 fail.... 2 of mine, 1 of my dads. One was a very, very cheap Tasco, 10-40x that lasted 5 years or so, the other was a Bushnell Dusk and Dawn 3-9 that simply couldn't handle the recoil of a 12ga in a lead sled. My dads was a Simmons that he had on his 12ga that was about $39 brand new. That one lasted a SOLID 20 years. It just broke last year and he had it on his gun when I started deer hunting 21 years ago.
I'd probably pick the Bushnell, though I can't say exactly why. I like magnification, so I might pick the Simmons. It's a toss-up. How's that for ambiguous? |
April 27, 2012, 10:55 AM | #11 |
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For $70, or less..
don't expect any scope to last, "for the long haul".
Sportsman's Guide is selling Pentax Gameseeker scopes, 2 models, for $62. Whatever you get, it will "last" longer on the .223 (less recoil) than on a .308 or 30-06. That doesn't mean the image will be bright, or have high resolution, or good color definition. Note that the Bushnell lenses are "multi-coated", not "fully multi-coated". That means that at least the exterior surface of either the objective lens or the ocular lense has at least 2 coats of lens covering. But none of the other lenses have any coating on them at all. RESULT: dim, fuzzy images with poor color separation. Meanwhile, my Pentax Lightseeker 3-11X43 ($700 MSRP) has seven lens coatings on EVERY surface of EVERY lens. RESULT: Bright, sharp, crisp images from first light to last light, with every color in the rainbow clearly defined.
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Neither......Check out Nikon before you buy anything,you might be glad you did..Good luck !
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