Glad to hear you will continue to work both side of the street Dave. You need a bout of the wuzwells occasionally to keep you grounded and in touch with the less well heeled.

For a standard hunting rifle where do you put your money, the 4200 line or the 6500 line?

Cheers!

Bee

To beekeeper: For a standard hunting rifle where you don't need lots of power, the 4200 in 2.5X-10X. I've never been in a situation where it was not up to the job.

Those silly smallbore and highpower silhouette guys shoot alot looking through a 4200 elite 6x-24x.

To Beekeper: I'd rather have the 2.5X-10X, but that is a hell of a good price, and if you like the power range, buy away.

Dave or Bee,
Do the 2.5 x 10, or 3 x 9 adjustment knobs protrude as far as appear in the photo 0f the 6 x 24? I am sensitive that for a 1000 yard bean field, or most varmint situations including shooting bad guys this not an issue. However some of the tough country with deadfalls I hunt, and some of the rough stock that carry my rifle under my leg these things knobs take a lot of abuse.
I apologize for not knowing this answer, but rarely go to stores anymore or even look at catalogs. Most of my tons of gear were purchased long ago.

To Happy Myles: Neither the 2.5X-10X nor the 3X-9X have the big knobs. You don't want to lug a tactical scope around the boondocks.

I have the Bushnell Banner in non-illuminated, non-tactical, non-elite. It's 4x24x40, has mil dot, and cost $130.

Not nearly as fancy, but works great on my Remington, and is my third Bushnell. I'm looking at another small one for my Air rifle* since I put that one on my wife's .22.

* For those who would warn me about using rifle scopes on high-powered air rifles, and the "reverse recoil" that can screw some up, the Bushnell Banner (and up) series are dual-insulated, and work fine on air rifles too. I've been playing musical scopes so long, I decided to buy a couple more.

Happy I will defer to Mr. Petzel's expertise with the 4200 Elites. This will be my first Elite rifle scope. I've been a very happy Leupold and Burris owner. I will say I found nothing objectionable in relation to carry comfort on the non-target models I have fondled in the market place.

I'd love to have one. But 650 to 1000 for a scope is way too much for me. My T/C Venture only cost me 450. I'll have to settle for a lesser scope for now. I've done fine with them so far.

The word "Tactical" in the name jacks up the price a couple of hundred dollars. Tactical isn't a piece of equipment, it's a state of mind.

Looks like a neat scope but I buy gear for what I use it for most. I dont shoot long range much but like to be able to if required. You can never go wrong on buying quality, and the gun/scope I thought was big money seems a deal 20 years later and still perfect and even better deal when you can pass it on and its still top quality. The gear you cheap out on can cost you big time if it fails when you need it most. Find out your x hairs are moving on a wilderness hunt and no iron sights on your gun makes that few dollars you saved initially seem stupid. And how many shots did you blow before you realized the scope was garbage? Tough lessons so learn them from the aged ones, its cheaper that way. Had scope with lit reticle but if its so dark you cant see x hairs in good scope you dont want to be shooting and turning the light on seemed worse as the background appeared darker. Just my experience.

Yea, that's a hellava scope with a grand track record in the field, BUT the price made me take an antacid tab.

Bushnell is my brand! Can't afford the 4200 though...

I bought the elite 6500 in 4.5-30X by 50 mm and it is very impressive. Still waiting for ER Shaw to finish my 22-250 to mount this scope on. Happy I just opened the box and checked-it's a large scope but the knobs are no bigger than any other scope this size. Got mine for $512 including tax. Hey Dave is that a good price?

Sometime in the mid-1990s Bausch & Lomb had an offer where you could turn in old Balvar scopes and get the new (at that time) Elite Series at a very good price. I sent them an old Balfor 4X and a 2-1/2X-8X Balvar, got a brand new 4200 and 3200 for a total of less than $300. I put the 3200 (2X-7X) on my .243, the 4200 on my 7mm Weatherby. Both scopes have served me well.

JMO, but I agree with Jbird that scope quality in the lower price tier has improved recently, particularly from those made in Japan. I believe improved manufacturing techniques and quality control has led to better products that cost less to manufacture and can be priced more competitively. I think the cheap scopes imported from China and elsewhere have forced the old guard like Bushnell, Leupold, Burris, Weaver, etc to market some quality scopes at an affordable price point. Not everyone needs or can afford super duper triple multicoated lenses with the same stuff they used on the Hubble Space Telescope. I'll probably continue to buy the best that I can afford, but there are some nice new scopes out there in the $150- $250 range these days. The new Redfield by Leupold and Sightron S-II series comes to mind. The Bushnell 3200 is a nice scope, too.

I can hardly wait to get my Burris Signature Select out to the field for a shoot!

My dad has one of the first 4200's that came with the rain guard on top of a vintage S&W 308. The combination has proven very effective and reliable to say the least.

I have a fixed 4 power Banner on my 45-70 GG. I've worked some pretty heavy loads for for it in case I get Charged by a Cape Buff or and Elephant here in Bowling Green, Ohio. Anyways, with the rounds I put through it, it hasn't moved an bit. Got a nikon prostaff for my lh 25-06 which is great, but my next nice scope will be a Bushnell

All the bells and whitsels are just that, the more junk you got on a scoe the more problems you got.S for Simmons, Tasco, they should be trashed, o at least mine. I got both and just waitig till I get a trad-in that needs a scope to sell, and the lot of them goes. My # 1 choice is Nikon 3 x 9 x 40 or the new nikon 2.5 x 12 x 42. I have thoe o all my rocky mtns hunts on Rem.700's nd one Mauser custon job. My home guns, cheaper than the 700's all cary Bushnell Dusk to Dawn, even on my Black/Powder's guns.So far, no problem, I do like the 6" eye relief,as can mount forwar adn see the entirclecircle, regardless of the distance you hold. Plus Yoou can get l0-15min of more shooting early and late. I tried the lK to l500.00 scopes and not equal to the Nikons. The Nikons now made in Spain, not Japan, not cheap,but mid-range at about 500.00. So will stick with what I got and leave the trouble makers on the shelves.Always varya extra scope and rings what-eve scope you use. As the baggage handlers try their best to break the gun case in l/2 . Bought a l75.00 cae with dbe lining and you would have thought it ws dropped from 40.000 ft/ but the Nikon Scopes held ther zero. Oe lst thing,I use Leupold Dual Dove tail on all my scoped guns. Once zeroed, it stayes zeroed.

Dell in KS what is the name of that stuff you put on the lenses and where did you purchase? I been wanting to try something along that order myself. If it works on windshields,should work on guns. I got a Wolf and a Huntrbolt and Bushnell Dusk to Dawn scopes,(I use Nikons on my western guns and the rifles i use here. I use different guns for each place. last 2 yrs the B/P's killed 7 deer with l shot. I use the 2 45 gr Pyrodex Pointed and 100 grs of Pyrodex. I;m looking at a Traditions Yukon and a Pursuit (changeable bbls), like both, but kinda leaning to the latter due to 4" longer bbl and it' tappered.Never cared for B/P till about 4 yrs ago, but nt got the fever. I'd like to try MT for the B/P season during the rut.

awsome scope

Looks like a neat scope but I buy gear for what I use it for most. منتديات I dont shoot long range much but like to be able to if required. مسجات You can never go wrong on buying quality, وسائط and the gun/scope I thought was big money seems a deal 20 years later and still perfect and even better deal when you can pass it on and its still top quality. توبيكات The gear you cheap out on can cost you big time if it fails when you need it most. Find out your x hairs are moving on a wilderness hunt and no iron sights on your gun makes that few dollars you saved initially seem stupid. And how many shots did you blow before you realized the scope was garbage? Tough lessons so learn them from the aged ones, its cheaper that way. ماسنجر Had scope with lit reticle but if its so dark you cant see x hairs in good scope you dont want to be shooting and turning the light on seemed worse as the background appeared darker. Just my experience.

For some reason you have to keep them lubricated or else the trigger gets stuck...maybe its only mine doing that.

Ulysse Nardin