Another vote for the Vortex Crossfire. They are amazing for the money. I have 2 and would not hesitate to get another. They make my Nikon scope look like cheap junk.
Another vote for the Vortex Crossfire. They are amazing for the money. I have 2 and would not hesitate to get another. They make my Nikon scope look like cheap junk.
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The "Plain Jane" ones were exactly what I was looking at. I think it'll do just fine up here.
Where did you find one in 9.3x62?
I'm definitely leaning towards the Vortex. From what I can tell, the Diamondback is more or less equal to the Leupold at a cheaper price point.
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am44mag,
JES remodeled a "long-action" 760 for me. - They do EXCELLENT work & at a very reasonable price, too.
(A .30-06 or .270 caliber can also be reformatted into a .375 Whelen or .400 Brown-Whelen Improved if you want a heavy-caliber rifle. - The short-action 760 rifles, btw, can easily be remodeled into a .358WCF.)
yours, tex
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heres a heck of a deal on an inexpensive scope http://cameralandny.com/spec-sheet.html?catalog[product_guids][0]=2e5c1660-0bd6-0134-ae77-00163e9110c0
am44mag,
Fwiw, I have shooting friends in SA, who have teased me about being "President of the JES Fan Club". = As soon as I gather up some more nickels & dimes (I've bought WAY too many rifles/pistols in the last 6 months.), another long-action 760 is headed to Jesse's shop to be remodeled into a .400 Brown-Whelen Improved.
(Fwiw, I paid "peanuts" for the last & "very tired-looking" 760 that I bought locally, as it has a ROUGH bore & needed a complete refinishing from A to Z, including a new recoil pad. = After numerous hours of fun handwork, it now looks quite handsome & I'll still have less than 300.oo in it, including JES reboring/rechambering to .400B-WI.)
Note: Once returned to me, the remodeled 760 will wear an "old school" 2X Redfield that I bought at a garage sale for 20 bucks.
yours, tex
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Vortex, Burris Fullfield II, I'm a big fan of Nikon glas, the Nikon Buckmaster can be had cheap and they are superb. Also Leupold has the "Rifleman" series that are cheaper than their typical scope but still a Leupold.
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Take a look at Mueller scopes. Great quality at reasonable prices.
You might as well only have one rifle since you won't be able to shoot the rest until you spend a lot of time and ammunition changing and re-sighting the scope whenever you want to shoot the others.
The time and ammunition saved will pay for a good scope before long. I have to drive an hour to get to the closest range available to me.
How about having a backup when you go on a hunting trip?
My choices are easy enough, experience has taught me the hard way. Cheap glass (not that $200 is cheap in most folks book) is never cheap if it costs you a hunt, such as fogging, won't stay zeroed...etc.
I can't say I've tried them all, but I have tried enough to know the three I would seek out given your price point are as follow.
Leupold: Rifleman Series
Nikon: ProStaff
Those are my top two picks, the last some may laugh at, others will swear by and not at. Watch Gunbroker or Ebay for an older made TASCO that was MADE IN JAPAN. Once TASCO stopped making them in Japan, they went to ****. I picked up a couple dirt cheap made in Japan ones a few years back. One for a lower end 308 'fun gun' and another for a .22 LR semi auto Mossberg. I have friend who have had the older Tasco's made in Japan mounted on the same rifle for 25 years, and they seem to be darn good scopes for the money.
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I remember those old TASCO scopes. They weren't as classy as some others but they worked. At that point in time for me, inexpensive was the name of the game. I used several of those old scopes.
Just checked Optics Planet, and they have quite a few different Vortex scopes fairly reasonable. Never dealt with them, couldn't say if good or bad.
I have exactly one Vortex Crossfire scope. It works as well as another but I think my two Redfield Revolutions, my Nikon Prostaffs, and two old El Paso K-Weavers are clearer to my eyes. I have focused &refocused the Vortex. Maybe it's my eyes. I just realized my Burris 6x Fullfield cost the most of all my scopes! How the hell do I get by?
Best, Thomas.
I have the Vortex Crossfire as well, caught it at Cabelas on sale for $200. I love it for what I wanted. I may pick up another Vortex for when/if I ever decide to stretch its legs some day. This review sold me on it, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q84jsw_O1j8
If you like higher magnification, Midway has the Bushnell 6X24X40 on sale for $130. It normally sells around here for $240. I have three of them on rifles in 243, 308, and 30-06. I have had no issues with any of them.
I like the Leupold VX-series and the Vortex scopes and yes I had a lot of them back in the day. If I were to buy today most likely would look at these two scopes.
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Ain't it great that we all can have our own opinion and so many choice of quality glass to choose from.
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I will a agree with Murphy, those older tasco's made in Japan were a decent scope. I wasn't Gona mention it because it was not what the OP was looking for. But if you can find one cheap, snatch it up. Though the years I've bought several rifles that had the old tasco's on them, and I would change the scope thinking I was upgrading, and most times I could tell little difference.
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