Bushnell 6500 high end target LR scopes for 2008

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BC-You may love this as well. I had a 4000 sent in for repair. When purchased it was the 'high end' bushnel. After many months of waiting/phoning/email. I received a note in the mail saying that parts were no longer avail. and for about $475 or so they would replace it. If I would have spent the extra $100 on the leupold in the first place, it would still be in service and I wouldn't have had to cough $650 for another. Live and learn. Bushnel warranty/service is near non existent. Get it right the first time,get a leupold. Mark
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So you only buy leupold because of there service ? I know bushnell has slow service and I accept that but I also make sure my bushnell scopes say Bushnell not Baush & Lomb

Leupolds break too..................they just get fixed a little faster
 
READ:Bushnel don't get fixed at all.Note that my latest issue with Bushnel was with an Elite, B+L, 6-24. No parts avail. for their 'best' scope avail. when I bought it. Prob cost $425 or so. Now I throw it in the trash and spent another $600 or so for another. If I'd bought the Leupold to begin with I would still have a working scope. And the pricks have the nerve to offer me the same scope for a 'deal' of $475. No parts for repair but still a current model?? WTF?? Getting more pissed with every letter typed. Bye, Mark
 
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READ:Bushnel don't get fixed at all.Note that my latest issue with Bushnel was with an Elite, B+L, 6-24. No parts avail. for their 'best' scope avail. when I bought it. Prob cost $425 or so. Now I throw it in the trash and spent another $600 or so for another. If I'd bought the Leupold to begin with I would still have a working scope. And the pricks have the nerve to offer me the same scope for a 'deal' of $475. No parts for repair but still a current model?? WTF?? Getting more pissed with every letter typed. Bye, Mark
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I read just fine ,get as mad as you like ,your first post states it a 4000. In my experiance I have not had any problems with the bushnells I have owned except the one instance . I seen 2 leupolds die this year . I know Bushnell has slow service, I know they did not fix yours and I dont care ,it dose not change my mind on buying bushnell.

I dont know the whole story on your scope ,but if it were me I would have took it all the way to the top if I felt I was wronged and I would be Pissed too. If they offer a lifetime warrinty on the Baush and lomb 4000 (witch is not a bushnell 4200 or they would use 4200 parts in it to fix it ) then I would push them for a free scope or that one to be fixed. So what was there excuse? no parts as an excuse just would not cut it for me .

The 4000 was marketed as Baush and lomb and was discontinued in 2001 ,the 4000 is not a current model they do not make it any more,It is not a 4200 and the 4200 is the current model the parts must not be interchangable or they would have lots of parts for your discontinued 4000.

I GET IT ,You dont like bushnell and that is up to you , no one is telling you to buy one . Leupold are great scopes glad you like them ,have a good one ;)
 
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Good point about 4000 vs 4200. Bought new in 2002 at the local store. Returned for repair in 2003. 1 yr. old. Doesn't really matter, never again. Don't need the hassle. FWIW I put a Nightforce on that rifle,a 56 mm. obj.Great scope but not worth 2x the Leupold or Burris. Mark

I tried to resolve this with Bushnel for 2 yr. Got the runaround from take it up with your dealer, rep has changed,try the US rep. etc. My time is worth something and I gave it up.
 
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I had a "Relationship" with "Mz" Bushnell and her family. She proved to be unfaithful and unreliable, so got the boot. So the ##### gets a new name, new clothes and a higher pricetag and wants to come back home. "I'll be good", she says, "Gimme another chance, I've changed" (Again). Hmmmm......... No, I know your pedigree, I know where you came from and what you did before. Besides even if I wanted you back, you're too "high maintainence." and besides I could never trust you again. Any parallells to life are purely co-incidental.;)

Since Bushnell doesn't make scopes all that is left is the brand name and the service. Either the name stands for quality and service or it doesn't. In my experience it doesn't. 358s experience with "lifetime warranty" meaning something else also fits into the "Doesn't" category.
Even if it could be proven to me that Bushnell now has a world-class product (That's how the bought and paid for magazine articles billed the 4000s) why would I be in a rush to financially reward the pimps that sent the last "bad girls"? I don't trust them either.

Edit to add: The last 4000 series I sent in got replaced with a new 4200 which I promptly traded off. At the time I just thought that whatever was wrong with the erector assembly wasn't repairable , but now I wonder if they really don't have the parts anymore? Come to think of it, they haven't promoted the "2 extra lenses in the erector assembly" gig for years. I never could figure out how they thought that more lenses could be brighter than less lenses.:confused:
 
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I have four 3200s, 2-7, 3-9 and 4-12 and they are in use to-day. Never have any issue with them and never needed servicing. The 3200s are great value scope that beats VXI hands down. I like the Rainguard feature. Every time I hunt in bad weather I take out the Stainless Stalker with an Elite sitting on it.

I don’t know much about the 4200s. I suspect they are between VXII and VXIII range but not better.

Now with a few extra coins in my pocket, I buy VXIII exclusively. The VXIII are better scopes but for a lot more money IMO. I can’t say Leupold provides a better service than Bushnell or vice versa as I never use them (touch wood).


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The 6500's have yet to arrive. My rep said he got his samples which should mean they are in production and shipping is expected in about a month. Phil.
 
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