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Old 01-28-2006, 11:52 PM   #1
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Default Which scope do you use?

I used to have a Simmons Pro Diamond 4x32 that I liked very much
and I lost my mind and traded it off last year. I have a Nikon
2-7x32 on my Benelli SBE but I am going to use my Win 1300 this year
and want to put a scope back on it. Is there any scope better than
the Simmons Pro Diamond for turkey hunting? TheNikon is ok but I
liked the Simmons better.
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Old 01-29-2006, 06:10 AM   #2
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Default RE: Which scope do you use?

I was going to go with the Pro Diamond and was introduced to Bushnells turkey scope, cross hairs with a circle....anything in the circle is toast...and the Bushnell came with the lifetime and waterproof...at the time I was told that the Simmons was not.
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Old 01-29-2006, 06:32 AM   #3
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Leupold 1X4 shotgun scope.
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Old 01-29-2006, 07:03 AM   #4
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I don't use a scope for turkey hunting. Do alot of people use scopes.
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Old 01-29-2006, 07:40 AM   #5
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Nikon Monarch Turkey

Why? am an old fart with close vison going out da door.....
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Old 01-29-2006, 08:11 AM   #6
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Leupold 1x4 on mine also.
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Old 01-29-2006, 08:49 AM   #7
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I use a 4-12 leupold on my deer rifle and a set ofTruGlo's on myturkey thumper..Nother10 years I'm sure I'll be lookin into ashotgun scope though.
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This will be the 13th year that I've had a Leupold Vari-X II 1x4 Shotgun scope on my Remington 870. It's a great scope that will last a lifetime!
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I laughed at scopes for turkey guns for 15 years. Finally technology started outdistancing regular beads so I put a red dot on my turkey gun several years ago with an admitted pesimistic attitude toward it. The scope would have to prove itself too me. The very first time I scoped a turkey with my 25mm TruGlo red dot I said too myself (as I pulled the trigger and HAMMERED the bird ) I needed something witha larger field of view. The nextweek I had a 45mm red dot and LOVE IT!!! The only other scope I would consider would be a quality holographic red dot. They are smaller, lighter and less bulky than a large red dot butwouldstillhave an un-interruptedfieldof view.

Boy what I was missing. I found myself able to easily take shots that were otherwise questionable with beads. Not because of the distance perse, but because of the much more fine dot that the scope gave me vs the amount of surface area blocked by a bead at distances over 40 yds. A True Glo bead at 50+ yds blocks nearly half a bird out, nevermind picking something as fine as the wattle/feather line or the eyeballs.

For me I can get MUCH more precise shot placement/aiming/targeting with a red dot than with beads. (Really the same reason we have scopes on our rifles right?)
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Old 01-29-2006, 06:30 PM   #10
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I've been using a Simmons Pro diamond 2X32 for almost 10 years and love it. i wouldnt mind tryin one of the bushnell holo sights though. Has or does anyone use them. I wish they came in camo.
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