Best scope for Remington 700 ADL under $150????

[hudee]

I am buying a new Remington 700 ADL .270 and was wondering what scope would you all recommend for it for under $150. Please let me know. I was looking towards a Bushnell or a Nikon.

[Virginia7]

ORIGINAL: hudee
I am buying a new Remington 700 ADL .270 and was wondering what scope would you all recommend for it for under $150. Please let me know. I was looking towards a Bushnell or a Nikon.

Doubt if you'll find a Nikon for less than $150, but there are several Bushnell scopes for
less. You might want to check out SWFA website for scope prices. I've purchased from them several times over the years, and always good and prompt service.

Link: http://www.riflescopes.com/store/default.asp

I just took a look at the SWFA website, and noted there were several Leupold scopes available for a little more ($180 - $200 +/-). Check out the Rifleman series, and the
VX-I models. Some 2-7x variables available.

[m.t.hands]

i put a simmons aetec(sp) on my 209X50 m/l'er barrel and for a lower priced scope i have been very pleased

[kirkl]

That Nikon Prostaff 3-9x40 looks like a good one, its only 150. lifetime warranty. Nikon makes good stuff. SWFA prices arent great. there the same as everybody else. cabelas has the same prices. Heres the link to cabelas for the Nikon prostaff.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...rch&hasJS=true

[Virginia7]

I'll be danged, a Nikon for under $150. BUT, check out the eye relief vs. the Leupolds.
Much better for the Leupold - get what you pay for I guess (as usual).

[trailer]

Take a look at the Bushnell Trophy 3-9 x 40 mm. I think they sell for about $100 and are pretty good for the price. I have this scope and think it has very good optics for the price. Nice and clear and a wide field of view with good enough eye relief for a 270. Good Luck.

[338]

dnrsports.com has the nikon buckmaster 3x9x40 which is a step above the prostaff for right around $150. Or I just bought another 3x9x40 Sightron today from them for $135 which I think might be a little better than the nikon (I have both) .. The Sightron is one piece tube and just as clear. ..BIll

[338]

I just looked on ebay and they have one of the Sightrons listed for 99.99 buy it now .. I should have looked before I ordered today ..

[Steven Ashe]

Not too long ago, inexpensive scopes were made in ***an and were very good. Then, inexpensive scope were made in Taiwan and many of those were very good. Now, most scopes under $150 are made in The People's Republic of China. Some are good, while others are real junk. Hard to tell you which brand to buy, if what you are looking at is made in China!
Best thing to do, is to go to a sporting goods retailer and look at the scopes in which you may have some interest. I do not mean check out the models and buy elsewhere, I mean look at the particular scope the you may want and if optics appear to be what you need, buy that scope. I say this, because I have seen quality vary widely on optics coming out of mainland China.
Most of the advice given you, was to cut corners on the rifle and buy a quality scope. Since you have gone the other way, you will need to get lucky enough to perhaps get ahold of an inexpensive scope that will work for you. Good luck.

[jmfa1957]

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Take a look at the Bushnell Trophy 3-9 x 40 mm. I think they sell for about $100 and are pretty good for the price. I have this scope and think it has very good optics for the price. Nice and clear and a wide field of view with good enough eye relief for a 270. Good Luck.

I just bought a Bushnell Trophy 3-9x40 from Midway for about 85 bucks plus shipping. It is a decent scope for the money, but strangely enough the optics are not as clear as they are on the Bushnell Trophy 4-12x40 that I bought about 9 years ago. I am not sure if the older one was made in ***an and the newer one in China, but Steven Ashe's observations on the variable quality of mainland Chinese optics are right on the money. If you can actually look through some scopes side-by-side before buying you will be doing yourself a favor. I understand that the Bushnell Elites, formerly made by Bausch and Lomb, have excellent optics and start around $200.

http://www.midwayusa.com/rewriteaproduct/135913

A hundred dollar Bushnell will put meat on your table and will be fairly rugged also, but if you really want to live large, buy yourself a Zeiss Conquest or one of the better Leupolds. Honest to goodness, good glass will spoil you; I simply couldn't understand what all the fuss was over until I looked side by side through a Zeiss and most everything else that the Cabela's store had. I now have two Zeiss scopes and a Zeiss binocular and don't regret a penny of what I spent on them.

Here's another link that you may find helpful:

http://www.chuckhawks.com/index2i.scopes_optics.htm