Burris scopes, who has one? pro's/con's please

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Looking to replace the scope on a dedicated coyote rifle. Looking for a no-nonsense, solid, reliable rifle scope in the 3-9 or fixed 6 power range. I do like the idea of Ballistic reticles and have noticed the Burris E1 FFII riflescope. Looks interesting. I don't know anyone who owns a Burris but have seen a majority of positive reviews about them online. Considering 3 scopes now for my rifle: VXII 3-9 with LR reticle, Burris FF II E1 with Ballistic plex and a FXIII 6x42. I am not gonna shoot prairie dogs nor formally target shoot. Just want a way to have reliable aiming points out to 400-500ish yards on coyotes that can be shot from 50-500 yards where I live. It will sit on a .22-250 built around the Hornady 75gr Amax. I am replacing a Bushnell 5-15 that I found to be a little cumbersome for my tastes. Would like to hear any constructive reviews by people that own these scopes or have any insight to what I'm after. Would consider any similar scope choices that I may have overlooked. Would appreciate experienced responses and not 15 year old 'expert' opinions. I'm pretty set on keeping the scope power under 10X. Have made quite a few long shots with the lower magnification.
 
My experience is limited to the older US made ones. I like them.
I have no use for scopes with multirange reticles. Would much rather just use the elevation adjustment.
 
I have several of the FFII's in 3-9x40mm, including two with the ballistic plex reticles. I think these scopes are well worth the money, although I've never had any experience with their warranty service...which I guess says something for their quality. The BP reticle works as advertised, if you spend the time and effort to confirm your POA/POI at various distances. Aside from coyotes and chucks, I've only shot three head of game at what I consider to be "long range", i.e. 400+ yards, and a Burris BP scope was used with perfect results in two of those instances. If you are into this kind of shooting the multiple crosshairs can be helpful, and to me they inspire more confidence than either holding over with a single crosshair (kinda vague...), or else constant twiddling with elevation turrets, which always leaves me wondering if this is the time that the adjustments will go out of whack. The BP is also fun to play with on rimfire rifles...long range sniping on a smaller scale.
 
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I only have one Burris scope, bought at Quinté Outdoor Sports when Rick was running the show. It is a silver-coloured 2-7 pistol scope, mounted on my 12" barrelled Ruger Super Redhawk. TBH, given the lack of response from Burris when I complained about the poor and degenerating finish, I would not have another Burris product.

On the other hand, a NightForce NSX scope that 'froze' on high magnification during a 'tactical' match over in Germany was replaced in days - no questions asked - after sending it from UK to the USA.

tac
 
I posted in this forum a little while ago about my recent burris issue. They replaced a broken Eliminator Laser scope (1st gen).With a brand new 2nd Gen. It did take a while but at no point were they not helpful. I like their products but try and shop around. Prices vary greatly from store to store
 
I have the wretched luck of having two Burris scopes fail on me. One was sitting on a .308 semi-auto rifle, the 2 3/4 power scout scope actually. The crosshairs became loose after a little less than 100 rounds.
The other one, a 2-7 Compact, was I believe made in the Philipines (by Pentax??) and it leaked it's nitrogen gas while I was rabbit hunting last fall with my 10/22.
AFAIK, I'm the only guy up in this area with such crappy luck with Burris optics! The Burris exact same model that replaced this one on the .22 rimfire, is made in the USA. A Leupold scout scope replaced the one on the .308 carbine. The waranty repair centre used to be Savy(??) Optics out of Greely Colorado. I do not know if the present waranty repair facility for us evil Canucks, is in the UK or in Finland.
 
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