Bushnell / Tasco Warrantee..what a joke

####, we are all still learning I hope :) .Another thing I have experienced with SOME cheaper variable scopes I've owned in the past,is that when going through the power ranges,the point of impact changes dramatically.
I had a Bushnell "Trophy" 4-12x40AO that was terrible for this.I'm not saying a more expensive scope will not do this but mine have not.(at least I havent detected it)This is also a reason why I like fixed power scopes as well.
Come to think of it that Trophy was a $250 scope ( which never used to be considered cheap) :lol: ,not sure what they are worth now? :roll:
 
BIGREDD said:
The technology has come a long way... and good technology and quality optics are more affordable now than it ever was :idea:
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Sorry BIGREDO but I have to strongly disagree with you. :)
Quality scopes have tripled and quadrupled in price in the last 15-20 years. I remember buying my first high end scope back then and it was $550 for the Swarovski 1.5-6x42 Nova, that scope today is $2000. My salary certainly does not reflect this increase :shock: . Back then the high end Bushnell/B&L scope was the Balvar and that set you back close to $300, today a $300 Bushnell gets you a 3200 Bushnell witch in my opinion is nowhere near the scope that the B&L was. The same amount of money got you a Leupold 3-9, Redfield or for a little less the Weaver with micro-trac adjustments. What has changed is the industry has flooded the market with all kinds of affordable garbage :shock: , the quality stuff is alot more expensive now and the mid range is flooded with a huge selection of private labbeled garbage. Even the old players like Leupold and Bushnell have increase their product lines with alot of garbage. The optical laws that govern what we see when we look through a scope have not been changed to any great degree but instead have been compromised in giving us other variables like higher powers with lower fields of view and less eye relief some things cannot be changed no matter what the packaging looks like. :?
my .02
bigbull
 
I remember buying my first high end scope back then and it was $550 for the Swarovski 1.5-6x42 Nova, that scope today is $2000.
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Import duties on stuff from Europe inflates the price in North America and the price disparity does not adequately reflect the disparity in quality... :shock:
Back then the high end Bushnell/B&L scope was the Balvar and that set you back close to $300, today a $300 Bushnell gets you a 3200 Bushnell witch in my opinion is nowhere near the scope that the B&L was.
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The new Elite series have better quality lenses and coatings and is built to tighter specs than any previous models by B&L or Bushnell... :idea:
And 20 years ago 300 bucks was almost two weeks pay... what is 300 bucks by todays standards :?: :roll:
Even the old players like Leupold and Bushnell have increase their product lines with alot of garbage.
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I would like you to tell me which garbage is being made by Luepold right now :!: :twisted:
The optical laws that govern what we see when we look through a scope have not been changed to any great degree but instead have been compromised in giving us other variables like higher powers with lower fields of view and less eye relief some things cannot be changed no matter what the packaging looks like.
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The OPTICAL TRIANGLE
1) Eye relief
2) Magnification
3) Field of view
These are absolutes and one affects the other with no exceptions... A variable set on the same power as a fixed will have the same field of view... what is the disadvantage of that :?
And furthermore lense technology has changed dramtically in the last few years... new manufacturing processes now produce better and less expensive lenses than ever before in history :idea:
Sorry but your arguments make no sense to me Big bull :?
 
I bought a B & L a few years ago and then opened the box to find all this Bushnell service/ad info....what a disappointment. Yes I did need to use their service stuff when I tried to sight it in and 10 to 15 clicks would do nothing but 16th click would move group about 6 inches! Made it pretty hard to sight in. Paid my money and they sent my back a new one. Traded it to a buddy after a good long test period and he has'nt had the same problem again. I think B & L trashed their reputation the moment they hooked up with Bushnell.
 
I bought a Bausch&Lomb 3000 8yrs ago new from Wholesale sports in Edmonton and when i took it out of the box to look through it when i got it home,I noticed that there was a big scratch the length of the scope on the inside of the scope[when you looked from the objective end and looked up at a light it was plain as day] .When i phoned Wholesale to complain they said that i would have to bring it in ,send it to Bushnell,and have to wait for a new one from the factory. I told them '#### THAT'. I got on the phone to bushnell,told them the problem,was told to send it to them & 11 days later i had a new one back. Wholesale was charged for the scope & postage + handling, so i would have to say that Bushnell at that time has excellent service[ It took Wholesale about 6 months to apoligise for their #### up- but at least they did say sorry. I still have the letter they sent me] :x
 
I always have a backup with iron sights, they don't break. We have had Bushnell, Tasco, Weaver and Leupold brake at our camp, guns hit things, people slip and even though you save your gun #### happens. I have not personally had to send anything back but it never ruins the hunt.
 
I have a 1.5-6x36 Elite 4000 that used to be on my Rem 7600 chambered for 35 Whelen.
The scope will not hold a zero now and I did send it to Bushnell in Richmond Hill for warranty repair. I was told that the scope was beyond economical repair and that I would have to pay new price for another scope.
I've already paid once for this scope and I don't want to pay again.

I'm not pleased with their service and their product that will not tolerate the moderate recoil of full power 35 Whelen loads.

I take good care of my equipment hoping that it will give me good service in return.
My 1.5-5 Leupold serves my quite well on the same rifle and I take comfort in Leupold's unlimited warranty.

John
 
I always have a backup with iron sights, they don't break.
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:shock: :shock:
I watched a guy shoot a doe at 200yds with a busted off front bead :shock:
Actually the front sight of any rifle can be easily damaged :mrgreen:
 
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