TASCO Pronghorn surprise!

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Received this scope, a 3-9X40, as part of a deal recently. I think the Pronghorn is the cheapest scope from TASCO, and was planning to use it on a 22 rimfire.

When checking it out was quite surprised at how sharp and clear the optics were. Bigger surprise was to discover that the eye relief is close to four inches.

While I am mostly a Leupold guy, decided to give it a try, a serious try! It is now mounted and bore-sighted on a 300 Win Mag.

Anyone care to guess how this is going to turn out?

Ted
 
I had a pronghorn on my first 3006 thirty five years ago. Sold it to a buddy and it’s still going afaik. The old Japanese scopes were pretty good. If it’s a new model then your guess is as good as mine. Keep us posted.
 
I was looking at one in my guns show box of kibbles'n bits.
It's the 2-7x32
Multi-X + hair.
Surprised the buh-jeezbus out of me for clarity as well.
The objective ring was smushed in and I managed to straighten
it 'nuff so it still threads on'n awf.
It would be great to find a good one and use this on a 22 or
even one of those lever type units.

Old Tascos are a surprising scope for clarity.
 
I had one of those in 2-7x. It was the first scoped rifle I'd ever used. It worked fine for a season or two, then fogged terribly, to the point it was unusable. I sent it back and they replaced the seals and refilled it with nitrogen, but I could never trust it again after that. If the glass is on a rifle that will be used for serious hunting, it's a Leupold.
 
personally im not surprised: tasco did a very good high end scopes the titan. very strong and robust but tasco name killed them.

i nver had a bushnell elite failed on me (made in japan) but a shame no more built. trust me a rifle banged on a sled of a skidoo or in a boat has to be strong.

i had a few leupold that failed but always fixed or replaced with newer or new version.

im back to leupold for most of my rifles but bushnell elite made in japan are/were very strong lacking the eye relief only.
 
medvedqc said:
personally im not surprised: tasco did a very good high end scopes the titan. very strong and robust but tasco name killed them.

i nver had a bushnell elite failed on me (made in japan) but a shame no more built. trust me a rifle banged on a sled of a skidoo or in a boat has to be strong.

i had a few leupold that failed but always fixed or replaced with newer or new version.

im back to leupold for most of my rifles but bushnell elite made in japan are/were very strong lacking the eye relief only.
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I’ve had a big titan for over 25 years and will never get rid of it. Use it on a prs target rifle I use for testing loads and love the 1/8 clicks. —Dieseldog!
 
Good hunting buddy of mine up here had a Tasco World Class 3-9X40 on a 358 Norma Mag that he used for hunting every year for more than 30 years. That thing never missed a beat.

Just checked, and the Pronghorn I am posting about was made in China. Maybe I should start it out on a 222 or 243.

Ted
 
I had a Tasco World Class 3x9 - 40 on my model 70 in 300 Win Mag. Once sighted in with my handloads it never ever wandered. I must have hunted with it for 15 years until one day I slipped and fell pining the scope between me and a log. It still held it's zero but the housing had quite a dent and I couldn't change power. I replaced it with a Bauch & Lomb 3000 which was a good scope but regretted not sending the scope in to Tassco for repair. My grandson now has the rifle and scope combo and used it to shoot a whitetail this past fall.
 
I used two Japanese tasco world class scopes exclusively for almost 20 yrs and they spent time on several different rifles. After thousands of shots and 19 yrs, the first one started wandering. Bout a year or so later, the other lost some brightness. By the time I had any issues, tasco had sold out to bushnell and the old Japanese stuff was no more. I had one left, a 3-9x44 WC plus that I let go with a .30/06 I sold. Afaik, it is still going fine.
 
Cheap glass, either it works or it does not work long.
I bought a used Weatherby Mark V in 300 Weatherby once. It came with a Tasco scope.
Why would you spend thousands on a rifle and cheap out on the glass? I never did shoot that with the Tasco.
 
I've had a Tasco world class plus on a Rem 788 carbine in 7mm08 for years.

Great scope for the money back in the day.

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NAA.
 
Okay, Boys and Girls, the Pronghorn is now on an old Stevens 200 in 243 Win.

The first groups, 100 gr Hornady spitzers at 2980 fps, are well under an inch at 100 yards. Will probably just leave it there, and see how it works at -30C next winter.

Ted
 
Hope it works for you . I had 3 world class in a row on a 30-06 first one actually lasted a fair while before it went wandering. Sent it in and got a new one returned didn't last long, and this on a rifle I don't shoot much, the third I don't think made it a year and when I sent it in a Banner came back. Would have been nice to see how long that one lasted on a 300.
 
Went to the range and managed to whack everything but the rams in a single bound from the bench. Those 100 gr bullets just don't quick have enough jam to tip them over. Of course, we knew that.

So far, this scope appears to be a set it and forget it model.

Ted
 
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