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    Posted: November/04/2010 at 16:18
Of all the so called "Brand Name" scopes you have owned, which has been the worst, and why?
lets see if we cant stir some brand loyalist's up Indian Big Grin
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Roy Finn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/04/2010 at 16:26
The two worst brands were Redfield (a Widefield model) and Leupold's 4x28 and Vari-X II in a 2-7. The Redfield would fog easily and the two Leupold's sucked in anything near low light shooting.
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 NONE have been unusable but some just didn't quite fit the purpose after I'd used them or had some characteristics I couldn't deal with.  I could find a scope that suits me in any of the "brand name" offerings.
  But I'm also not a picky eater.  Bucky 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dhdoyle Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/04/2010 at 17:42
About 20 years ago, I put a Tasco 4x on my 10/22. This wasn't a soda-straw .22 scope, but a 1" scope. At the time, it cost a bit more than bargain basement junk. After about a year, the scope tube broke in half right behind the turrets. It was obviously a two-part tube, and a shoddy one at that.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Kickboxer Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/04/2010 at 18:31
The worst I've ever owned... probably NcStar 10-40x56 and probably not for the reasons most would expect.  It DOES work just fine (except for the "Mad-eye Moody Effect")... it is an odd device.  Most people wouldn't keep it or use it.  I do just for the "self-flagellation" aspect.  It's kind of like a box of chocolates...
The glass is OK, not bad in sunlight at high power, but very subject to mirage, IR sucks, reticle takes some getting used to, but it's OK, turrets perform well... focus is outlandishly insane.  I won't go into the "Mad-Eye Moody Effect" here, but if you have seen the Harry Potter movies, you can imagine what the focus issues are like. And yet... I use it... 
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I bough a couple of Leapers scopes when I first got into shooting.  I have also had similar experiences with NcStar and BSA.  All three were and still are certifiable camel manure.

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Chinese Simmons 3-9.  Like looking through fog.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dale Clifford Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/04/2010 at 19:46
Easy one there a 7/8" bushnell made for 22's when I was a kid.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Rich Coyle Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/04/2010 at 20:12
Absolutely without a doubt the Simons.  Can't state it strong enough.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote tman1965 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/04/2010 at 20:16
BSA... you can put all the bells and whistles you want to on a scope...but you simply can not polish a turd!
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Millet POS scope a neighbors kid needed a sale at a sporting goods store.  I was the suckerHead Banger 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote biggreen747 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/04/2010 at 21:11
A Simmons 8 point that came on the Savage 110 I purchased. The Burris FFII I put on it seemed like a Swaro/Zeiss compared to that thing. The worst one I have ever used though was a Barfska 6-24 a friend had on his .243. The scope was just flat out unusable above about 12x.
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BSA and Simmons were problems. Burris rates low for me I have had issues with two of their compact  models but I have two models that i like and their high end stuff is pretty solid.

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Problems with the burris magnum,the entire eye piece used to come offSay What
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BSA deer hunter ( obvious), and an old Telastar..   
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Kassnar 4x many years ago or a little 3/4 " kmart 22 scope I had as a kid . You could zero either of them in take them home lay them on a feather pillow and they wold be off the paper when you used them the next time.
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Originally posted by Rich Coyle Rich Coyle wrote:

Absolutely without a doubt the Simons.  Can't state it strong enough.

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Weaver 4X. Came with the 22 from my Dad. He must have bought it early 60's. My dad shot like a demon with this. Shot geese from a bobbing boat all head and neck shots. As a kid I thought this was a marvellous scope. In adult life I looked through it and thought "Holy crap, my dad had good eyesight to see through this!!!"
 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote TruthNtime Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/05/2010 at 07:04
LOL, great posts!  I have a box of CRAP scopes that have eaten my money like a rabbid dog!
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Without a doubt; it is whatever POS Simmons that Savage puts on their package guns!
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