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    Posted: June/19/2011 at 10:18
I have a question about a Burris scope I found for sale, specifically about it's age. It is a Burris 4-12x32 AO compact. The model is #206422. I have done a good bit of searching on the net but can't find anything at all referencing this model. Does anyone have any idea how old this scope might be?
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  The first reference I find to that scope (Burris Mini Series) being available with an AO is in the 1989 edition of Gun Digest.
 
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Burris 4-12x32 AO compact was listed in Cabelsomethingorother's 2004 shooting catalog.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote SCHootie Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June/19/2011 at 14:37
Thanks for the replies but I guess I should have just went ahead and bought it because somebody else jumped on it.
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I believe if you will look on the sample list you might find one avaliable.
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Is there any particular reason you are interesting in that specific scope?  I remember playing with it some time ago and thinking that is not a particularly alluring piece.

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Originally posted by koshkin koshkin wrote:

Is there any particular reason you are interesting in that specific scope?  I remember playing with it some time ago and thinking that is not a particularly alluring piece.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote koshkin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June/22/2011 at 13:46
Originally posted by bugsNbows bugsNbows wrote:

Originally posted by koshkin koshkin wrote:

Is there any particular reason you are interesting in that specific scope?  I remember playing with it some time ago and thinking that is not a particularly alluring piece.

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Thanks Koshkin ;^) I just bought one of the fixed 6x compacts to put on my 22. I was looking for something really small but reasonably priced. The weaver and nikon were both a little too big and the leupold was more than I wanted to spend. This compact came along so I checked with Burris and they said they would change the parrallx to 50yds for me so I figured it might work out OK. I figured if anything the FOV may be small but probably decent glass for sub $100. What did you not like about them.
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Originally posted by powderburn powderburn wrote:

Thanks Koshkin ;^) I just bought one of the fixed 6x compacts to put on my 22. I was looking for something really small but reasonably priced. The weaver and nikon were both a little too big and the leupold was more than I wanted to spend. This compact came along so I checked with Burris and they said they would change the parrallx to 50yds for me so I figured it might work out OK. I figured if anything the FOV may be small but probably decent glass for sub $100. What did you not like about them.

I recall image quality as being decidedly unexceptional and eyerelief very finicky.

I liked the smaller of the Burris Compact scopes and still have a 4x20 that has worked very well over the years.

The variable from that line just did not impress me much, although the 2-7x26 was OK.

Why don't you buy a normal rimfire scope?

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Well being the rifle I want it on can only accept about a 10" scope so the weaver and nikon were out. And the Burris was about 1/3 the cost of a Leupold.
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