4000 vs 4200 Elite

B&L and bushnell were divisions of the same company. They decided on a corporate name change so that all hunting gear would be under one banner. BAD IDEA.

So the excellent Elite 4000's and 4200's get tarred by a brand that also supplies the Sportsman and other Walmart wonders.

If you send it to your 'Bushnell' warranty depot, they will be serviced just fine.

The big difference was the lense coatings - Rain Guard. Optically and mechanically, they sure look/function the same. No idea if they changed any of the internal materials?

Jerry
 
BCboy said:
B&L had the 4000 and no longer sell scopes, hence there can be warrinty issues
Bushnell has the 4200
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BCboy,
When it comes right down to it B&L hasn't made a scope since the sixties, or whenever they shut down production in Rochester. Bushnell has never made one. In the curious way of companies, logos and branding the Bushnell name was once the property of B&L, then the structure morphed into Bushnell licensing the B&L trade-mark until that agreement ended. The truth is, many optical companies are nothing but a name, distribution network and warranty system with a handfull of asian assemblers building them from a spec sheet.
When you phone the warranty line at Bushnell, they answer the phone with Bushnell, B&L, Tasco and some others. Fixing a 3000 or 4000 series is no big deal, but getting work done on a Balvar, Baltwo, Balfour or Balsix might be due to the age of the scopes. At the transistion point there were 4200s with B&L sitting on the shelf with the same scopes branded Bushnell. I remember getting to chose the name I wanted on a 6-24x, I chose B&L on the first one, had to take Bushnell on the replacement when it went TU, and chose Leupold when that one calved.
 
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