I am not trying to start a bash fest here, just a honest question. I had a 8x32x56 S3 sightron lrmoa on my last bench gun. I was not blown away like I thought I should be. Also consider before that I only ever used sub $200 bushnells. Our range maxes out at 200 yards. My newly purchased gun is a savage model 12 lrp in 6.5 creedmoor.
I get the winters off so that's when I do most of my shooting. I would like to do some coyote hunting but the guns main purpose is paper. Where I would coyote hunt there isn't alot of wide open spaces. I really love the idea of the bushnell 6500 4.5-30-50 as it goes low and high. If I go with the sightron I would probly go with the 6-24-50 but I would really rather have more than 24 for paper. I also figure I probly wouldn't run on 24 mag as you need to cut them back a bit to get the best picture. I used to run my 8-32 around 28-30 for best picture.
For the guys that say you don't need that much mag for 100 or 200, well that's not me. I wanted more than 32 when I had it as I only shoot at very little dots. I love the lrmoa reticle but the big question is how is the bushnells glass compared to the sightron s3. Others that looked thru my scope were very happy with it but honestly I thought it would of been better for what everyone says on here.
There is no one close by that has a 6500 in stock so I can't just look thru one myself. The big saving grace for the bushnell is if I buy it from a authororized bushnell dealer before the end of the year and don't like it bushnell will refund your money.
Don't bother with other brand ideas as I have no interest. I looked thru all the vortex stuff at my local Canadian tire (they had $1000 high mag ones) and was not impressed with them either. Hell, my old scopechiefs blew them away and there 20 years old or older.
So is the sightron glass $300 better than the bushnell?
I get the winters off so that's when I do most of my shooting. I would like to do some coyote hunting but the guns main purpose is paper. Where I would coyote hunt there isn't alot of wide open spaces. I really love the idea of the bushnell 6500 4.5-30-50 as it goes low and high. If I go with the sightron I would probly go with the 6-24-50 but I would really rather have more than 24 for paper. I also figure I probly wouldn't run on 24 mag as you need to cut them back a bit to get the best picture. I used to run my 8-32 around 28-30 for best picture.
For the guys that say you don't need that much mag for 100 or 200, well that's not me. I wanted more than 32 when I had it as I only shoot at very little dots. I love the lrmoa reticle but the big question is how is the bushnells glass compared to the sightron s3. Others that looked thru my scope were very happy with it but honestly I thought it would of been better for what everyone says on here.
There is no one close by that has a 6500 in stock so I can't just look thru one myself. The big saving grace for the bushnell is if I buy it from a authororized bushnell dealer before the end of the year and don't like it bushnell will refund your money.
Don't bother with other brand ideas as I have no interest. I looked thru all the vortex stuff at my local Canadian tire (they had $1000 high mag ones) and was not impressed with them either. Hell, my old scopechiefs blew them away and there 20 years old or older.
So is the sightron glass $300 better than the bushnell?
