Trijicon Accupoint 3-9x40 green dot, or green mil-dot duplex reticles. Kenton speed dial turrets available for dial up. Mil-dot you have hold points that will get you past 600-700 yards no problem depending on cartridge. Dial up they do 12 moa per rotation, will get even a slow cartridge to over 500 from a 200 yard zero. Way better glass than leupold 1" stuff, and the battery free illuminated reticle dot is very intuitive for hunting, won't go back to leupold with these now. 13.4 oz, and clear in 1" low rings. Talley's are about 2 oz so you add 15.5 oz with scope and rings to many rifles, well worth it for this next level glass over the 1" leupolds.
Hunting scope sub 500?
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I have a Whisky 3 scope by Sig Sauer think power is 2-7x32 on my 240wby - you do not need any AO adjustment as long as you can hit a standard dinner plate at 200 yards your good - learn to shoot at that distance and you will soon find out that AO adjustments are useless
Under 200 yards , you really shouldnt need an AO, particularly for a hunting scope. - dan
There was a thread earlier this year where people were worried that some of the 4X00 elite scopes were no longer be made in Japan. No "made in Japan" anywhere on the scope or box, and nobody could get a response out of Bushnell. Other forums had similar threads, but after a quick google it looks like Bushnell has confirmed the elites are still made in Japan.
Superb scopes, think I paid $220 for mine last year and it has clearer glass than my Leupold VX1 and Viper HS that cost 2x+ more. I should really grab 1-2 more if they can still be found...
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I'm pretty sure the new 4500 are made in Korea.
for a 2-7 I'd buy a 3500 elite, have one mounted on my 25-06 and seems to work ok.
Great scope, discontinued though. They still make the E1 though with similar reticles and made at the same factory in the Philippines. I just bought a 4.5-14 side focus. Great price, great quality and great warranty! I wouldn’t hesitate for a budget scope, they out punch their weight class! I have a couple of the Fullfield 2’s and have yet to be dissatisfied.
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It's unfortunate there isn't more 2-7 offerings to hunters. The elite 2-7x32 are gone which is a shame, nice small compact hunting optic for well beyond the OP's range. Even an elite 4500 1-4x24mm would compliment a 200yd deer rifle, and be well under budget.
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I've found a couple 2-7 on ####### for around $300, just have to watch, they are out there!
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I wish Nikon hadn’t stopped making scopes, they were great glass for the price point and they had a couple offerings in the 2-7 & 2.5-10 range that I like alot.
3rd on Burris, specifically the current run of Fullfield IVs. The 2.5-10 is a great hunting scope, I've compared them so far to Vortex Crossfire IIs and Diamondbacks, Bushnell Prime, Banner, Legend, and Engage, Leupold Rifleman, Nikon Prostaff 3, and probably a few others in the <$500 range and they are my favorite so far. They are not VX-3HD or even VX-3i level of goodness, but they are very good hunting scopes with lifetime warranties (I had a 20-year-old FF II in need of an internal cleaning and re-purge and it was round-tripped in about 3 weeks).
That said, the same 20-year-old Fullfield II has been on just about every rifle I've owned at some point, from .17 HMR to .458 Lott and aside from a tight eye box (which I feel is why the IV is so great - very forgiving), the glass and turrets are no worse than any of the others. But the IV is just good all-around. To improve on that I think I'd have to step up to the VX-3HD.
Yes, the current 4500 series is made in Korea, says right on their website. I checked one out today (2.5-10x40), seems alright. A bit heavy as most 30mm tubes are. Eyebox was pretty tight, but they usually are on Bushnells. Good value for a 4x erector assembly though.
