vx-2 VS 4200

You don't need a 50 mm scope on a hunting rifle in Canada. Our shooting hours are such that the large objective is not needed. They only cost more and produce a wider, longer scope that gets banged up easier.

Look at a VX2 3-9x40. You should be able to find a new one for around $350.00 or so if you look around.
 
buy the leupold, I have a few bushnells 4200, 3200's and they are good scopes, but they dont compare to my vx 2 or vx 3.. plus the leupold warranty is way better.
just my thoughts.
 
Winchester Collector,
Buy the Leupold in 40mm instead of 50m, then never look back. It'll take you past legal time anyway. ($408 at Wholesale Sports)
I had a pile of Bushnells Elites and won't be going down that road, ever again.
 
What happened down "that road", Dogleg? I've got Elites, both Bushnell and B&L, Leupolds, Ziess, etc. So far I have not seen fault with any of them within their respective price ranges.
 
joe-nwt,
Without getting too technical, they broke. Some failed after heavy use, two the day they were mounted (BAR in 30-06, but still.......:mad:) but given a chance they are all laid down and died. It was always the same thing, the erector assemblies would come loose, parallax would increase and groups would open up. Zeros would usually wander in this time as well. Swapping scopes would shrink the groups back, Bushnell would eventually warranty them and the process would repeat itself. The scopes involved were 3000s, 3200s, a 2.5-10 4000 that lasted for years (one of the first ones) and 6-24 4200 that #### itself on a 22 Rimfire. Some said B&L, some Bushnell In all, there were 12 failures in about 2.5 years. I had a Scopechief that puked in that time, but I was barely in my twenties when I bought that one. I'd say the old Scopechief was a better scope mechanically than the Elites ever were.Optically not so much.
I've still got a couple B&Ls, one 2.5-8 steel tube without adjustments and a 4X Balfor that were actually built by Baush & Lomb, long before they whored their name out to Bushnell. They were and still are good scopes. The occasional bushnell still shows up in a swap, and I still use some on 22s.
I'm running mostly Leupolds now, with a couple Zeiss' mixed in. I'm not saying that they are the best scopes in the world, but they are the cheapest thing I'll use anymore. Life's too short as it is, without changing, testing, returning and peddling scopes. I'd use a old steel tube Weaver before I mounted another Bushnell on something that mattered.
 
Winchester Collector said:
but a 50 mm gives 10 minutes more
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Have you ever used a scope with a 50mm objective? :confused:

They are big, heavy, and very ackward to shoot as they have to mounted so high off the comb to clear the front. Forgot to mention they are butt-ugly & more expensive as well. The only good thing about a 50mm is they will give you that very cool tactical look.

Buy a smaller scope with better glass, like a VXIII in 2.5x8, and you will get your 10 min (legal?) extra.

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Dogleg said:
joe-nwt,
Without getting too technical, they broke. Some failed after heavy use, two the day they were mounted (BAR in 30-06, but still.......:mad:) but given a chance they are all laid down and died. It was always the same thing, the erector assemblies would come loose, parallax would increase and groups would open up. Zeros would usually wander in this time as well. Swapping scopes would shrink the groups back, Bushnell would eventually warranty them and the process would repeat itself. The scopes involved were 3000s, 3200s, a 2.5-10 4000 that lasted for years (one of the first ones) and 6-24 4200 that s**t itself on a 22 Rimfire. Some said B&L, some Bushnell In all, there were 12 failures in about 2.5 years. I had a Scopechief that puked in that time, but I was barely in my twenties when I bought that one. I'd say the old Scopechief was a better scope mechanically than the Elites ever were.Optically not so much.
I've still got a couple B&Ls, one 2.5-8 steel tube without adjustments and a 4X Balfor that were actually built by Baush & Lomb, long before they whored their name out to Bushnell. They were and still are good scopes. The occasional bushnell still shows up in a swap, and I still use some on 22s.
I'm running mostly Leupolds now, with a couple Zeiss' mixed in. I'm not saying that they are the best scopes in the world, but they are the cheapest thing I'll use anymore. Life's too short as it is, without changing, testing, returning and peddling scopes. I'd use a old steel tube Weaver before I mounted another Bushnell on something that mattered.
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Interesting, I've got 3 x B&L 4200 6x24s on the go at the moment, one on a savage in .223, one on a SSG69, and one on a Browning in 300WM. The one on the browning has been there for a very long time. I have had zero problems to date. I.ve got a couple 3200 3x9s on different rifles, no problems so far either.

I must be lucky at picking the right box at the store.:D

Or maybe they will fail in the future, but so far so good.
 
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