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countryboy
Optics Apprentice Joined: November/17/2007 Location: NORTH CAROLINA Status: Offline Points: 110 |
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Posted: November/04/2008 at 18:28 |
HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE MOST DURABILITY,FAIL SAFE ACCURACY,SHOT AFTER SHOT RIFLESCOPE MANUFACTOR S UNDER $600.00 .
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lucytuma
Optics Jedi Knight Joined: November/25/2007 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 5389 |
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Leupold first.
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"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." - Thomas Jefferson
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countryboy
Optics Apprentice Joined: November/17/2007 Location: NORTH CAROLINA Status: Offline Points: 110 |
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COME ON GUYS,I HAD ONLY ONE TO POST/ LET'S ROCKIN ROLL AND GET A POLL GOING!!!!!
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pyro6999
Optics Retard OT TITAN Joined: December/22/2006 Location: North Dakota Status: Offline Points: 22034 |
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zeiss and burris should be in there along with sightron i suppose leupold is in there as well with their vxIII
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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hunter12345
Optics Journeyman Joined: November/21/2007 Status: Offline Points: 470 |
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My personal collection of scopes Under $600.00, Sightron SII,Bushnell Elite 4200,Leupold VXIII,Redfield Illuminator,Tasco Titan,Weaver Grand Slam,Nikon Monarch,Bushnell Legend,Nikon Buckmaster,Simmons AETEC,Nikon Pro Staff,The Sightron SII is great scope has the best finish of all the scopes and never lost zero.
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bricat
Optics Master Joined: April/24/2007 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 1881 |
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LOTS of rounds fired this year out of my 45-70 and my 350 Remington mag. - Both wear Zeiss Conquests and both Conquests have held up wonderfully.
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hunter12345
Optics Journeyman Joined: November/21/2007 Status: Offline Points: 470 |
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How can I forget My Zeiss Conquest the only bad thing is the plastic turret covers place it as 3rd on my list after my Bushnell Elite 4200.I also forgot to put the Bushnell 3200 as my 4th place scope very reliable just not as clear and bright but has been on plenty of hunting trips and survived. |
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bricat
Optics Master Joined: April/24/2007 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 1881 |
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Why are the plastic turret covers a "bad thing?"
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mike650
Optics God Joined: May/14/2006 Location: West of Rockies Status: Offline Points: 14569 |
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The top Zeiss and Swaro supposedly have plastic turrets as well so I guess it really doesn't matter. |
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“A hunt based only on trophies taken falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be.” – Fred Bear
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pyro6999
Optics Retard OT TITAN Joined: December/22/2006 Location: North Dakota Status: Offline Points: 22034 |
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i would place the zeiss over the 4200, the only down side to the zeiss is the cost, since they formed an agreement with bushnell to use rainguard now you are closer to comparing apples to apples, in a heads up comp (money aside) the conquest is better, eye relief is better reticle choices are better glass quality at or around dark goes to the conquest also.
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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mike650
Optics God Joined: May/14/2006 Location: West of Rockies Status: Offline Points: 14569 |
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I gotta admit, so far, I think your right. I only have a couple years of hard hunting experience on my Euro models but decades on my Leupolds and the Leupolds have held up quite well. I hope the Euro scopes have the same durable track record, so far so good. Edited by mike650 - November/04/2008 at 22:47 |
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“A hunt based only on trophies taken falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be.” – Fred Bear
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Tip69
Optics Master Extraordinaire Tip Stick Joined: September/27/2005 Location: Nebraska Status: Offline Points: 4155 |
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Since I don't handload and use factory ammo - I pretty much re-zero my rifles every year. With that said, I've never had any issues with any of my scopes! I've owned one Tasco and a couple of Simmons .22 Mag scopes and I would call these my "cheap" scopes and never had any issues with these either. All the other scopes I've owned started at $200 and went up!
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take em!
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Ed Connelly
Optics Retard God of no Chihuahua Joined: December/16/2007 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 24225 |
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Me, too. I've got Weavers and Redfields that are over thirty years old and they work just fine......
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Big Squeeze
Optics Master Extraordinaire GOOGLE NINJA Joined: August/30/2007 Location: Anaheim, Calif. Status: Offline Points: 3143 |
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Roy Finn
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My own experience with Leupold scopes regarding their durability was pretty positive until I started traveling with them via airline. Almost every time I arrived in camp, my rifles needed to be re zeroed. The zero shift would be anywhere from 1" to 3 1/2" inches off. I'm sure that this was due to the way my rifle cases where being treated, but the fact remains the same. In fairness, I never experienced this from handling in the field, but I can tell you that after spending the time and money on travel hunts, it didn't leave me with a good feeling knowing something could be damaged inside one of these scopes. The scopes in question were VX3 2.5-8 and VX3 4.5-14x40's. Back in 95 I switched over to the Bausch & Lomb 4000 series and for whatever reason these problems ceased to exist. All my rifles (travel rifles) now wear B&L 4000 and Bushnell 4200's. These scopes, IMO, are less susceptible to hard knocks than the Leupold's they replaced. On top of that, they track better and have better optics to boot.
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Sparky
Optics Master Extraordinaire Joined: July/15/2007 Location: SD Status: Offline Points: 4569 |
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How would one know if the Zeiss has the rainguard coating or is a prerainguard Zeiss scope? |
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Tip69
Optics Master Extraordinaire Tip Stick Joined: September/27/2005 Location: Nebraska Status: Offline Points: 4155 |
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you mean if you don't have the box or paperwork?
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take em!
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Horsemany
Optics Journeyman Joined: February/28/2008 Location: Nebraska Status: Offline Points: 643 |
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Wait. Are some of the Zeiss' available with rainguard on the market already? I thought they just announced it last week. I haven't seen any Zeiss products advertised as having rainguard yet. |
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swtucker
Optics Master Joined: September/03/2008 Location: Low Moor Status: Offline Points: 1430 |
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Leupold, Zeiss Conquest, Monarch and Primos Nikons...I've had good luck with those. I'm sure Bushnell Elites and Sightrons would be fine also. You're almost up to Swaro money (on the sample list) with $600...by the way.
Everyone makes a lemon! And you never know when your glass will sh*t out on you. I carry a back-up scope if I hunt away from home. Just a little side note.
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bbush
Optics Apprentice Joined: October/12/2008 Location: Mississippi Status: Offline Points: 93 |
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If Zeiss doesn't have the rainguard on their scopes yet (and I don't believe they do), does anybody have any insight on when they might be available? I was wanting to purchase a Zeiss Conquest in the near future, but will be willing to hold off on a purchase if the rainguard feature will be available soon. Also, does anyone think that it will add much to the overall price?
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