It finally showed up....
 

Bushnell finally got the new scope to me they promised month ago. It is a Elite 3200 (#323940B) -> 3x9x40 with fast focus, rain guard and the new ballistic reticule.

I really like the old one - it was simple and really clean. When you look at this new one it seems crowded and way to busy so I was really thinking I would not like it.


So now that I have it - I really do like it. It is not messy at all - the marking are not even close to being as heavy as this picture indicates - but all the markings are there - it is awesome.

The 3200 comes with the 600 yard reticule - which means nothing to me because I do not use the reticule as instructed. When I need the BR the scope is going to be on 9x anyway so really all I need to know is the range of the target - because long before I hunt with it - i will shoot it and verify where and how the markings line up.

The new Trophy comes with the same reticule but is a 250 yard ML/Shotgun range with probably a 75 yard parallax.

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Wow!

That looks Great:)

And I agree, it's not too "Busy" at all;)

A real keeper!

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Good deal sabotloader. After all, a month isn't so long (compared to the time to hunting season again).

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Semi

I swear i wpuld call Bushnell and they kept saying it on the way... the last guy said the ship had cleared the islands.... so I just began to think - you know the "slow boat from ..." Well it finally made it.

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LaneNebraska

I am going to drop it on the new Triumph tonight - I really do like it - but I know I am biased...

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I almost got one of those but chose the nikon instead. If I remember right the eye relief was 3". I really liked that scope but I was concerned about that. But it looked real nice and clear in the store.

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omegasmoke

Close, on 9x the eye relief is 3.3" as you back the power down of curse the eye relif gts larger.

In my case I am not concerned about it because I already have 4 of them and have been shooting them for years. Even have one on my 300 Win Mag - Tikka Lite. I think one of the reasons they work for is I am not recoil conscious so it really does not bother me. Well I need to take a little of that back... I hate pulling the trigger on a 3 1/2" - 12 gauge turkey load... that does recoil in a light 870 with a short barrel...

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Those ballistic reticles are really nice. I have 3 of themin Burris scopes and one in the Nikon. Don't have any Bushnells yet. I put the one Burris to the test a few years ago out in Wyoming on a nice 4x4 mulie thatwe stalked for close to 5 hours and caught up to him on a wide open slope. The guide I was with ranged him 3 times and came up with 437 yds. I bracketed his shoulder between the 400 and 500 yd stadia lines and squeezed the trigger on my trusty 270 and watched him buckle and drop in the scope. Now I wouldn't do that with any rifle nor would I have attempted that shot if I hadn't practiced distance shhoting all summer. But I had that rifle for about 30 years and I know it will shoot 1/2" groups all day long at 100 yds and the scope was sighted in for that load.
Now a muzzy, I wouldn't shoot over 150 - 175yds with confidence. At least not at an animal.
But Sabot, I do like that reticle.

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Congrats on the new toy.Will be waiting for the report.

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My PH wears the same scope but without fast focus. With 110gr of BH209 and a 275 Parker BE the third crosshair is dead on at 200yds with the scope set at 9 power. I also shoot gongs out at 300-400 with it for kicks. My whitetail shots are at 40yds (I hope)! :D

I love the scope. No problem with the eye relief for me.