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RE: What should I do? Scope repair question
ORIGINAL: The Rifleman My dad would say - How Dumb are You? You cannot use a rifle scope on either a Muzzleloader or a Shotgun. A rifle scope is designed for a Rifle ONLY! There is different harmonic's between a rifle and a shotgun and that is what broke your scope. The different type of recoil between the two will break almost any type of rifle scope - even a Leupold. Besides that - you do not need a Bushnell Elite 3200 on a Shotgun! Even with a rifled slug, your effective range is still less than 200 yards. If you would have PAID someone to mount your scope for you - that knew something about guns and scopes, they would have advised you not to do it and would also had advised you to buy a shotgun scope for your muzzleloader or shotgun and not a rifle scope. Play dumb, send it back. Bushnell will replace it. Go out and BUY a shotgun scope and put the rifle scope on a rifle and you will not have anymore problems. |
RE: What should I do? Scope repair question
Send it back mate, you should have no dramas.
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RE: What should I do? Scope repair question
If Bushnell is any kind of company they should repair or replace it for free. You'll have to pay the shipping to them.
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RE: What should I do? Scope repair question
Bushnell will repair the scope for free. They will charge you the "shipping and handling fee" however. I sent one back about a month ago that I'd broke on a spring airgun. The Elites are warrantied for spring gun use as well. They couldn't fix the scope, so they sent me a brand new one!
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RE: What should I do? Scope repair question
Hello again
I did send it back with a note saying basically what I'd posted in my first post. I got a card saying they got it and its being held for inspection. I will post the results when I hear from them. Thanks everybody for your input. Thanks again Dan |
RE: What should I do? Scope repair question
I bought a used gun with a Bushnell Eite scope on it and it says that the Bushnell Elite 3200 has a limited warranty, good for the original owner only, and for a limited time! Are their scopes only warranted for a limited time?
If so, I won't be considering Bushnells in the future of my scope upgrades! |
RE: What should I do? Scope repair question
They may have changed the warranty, but all the Elites I've purchased came with a card stating "lifetime warranty".
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RE: What should I do? Scope repair question
May I change directions slightly? Has anyone sent in a 60's Balvar scope to Bushnell recently? Mine has the "dusting" problem.
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RE: What should I do? Scope repair question
ORIGINAL: The Rifleman My dad would say - How Dumb are You? You cannot use a rifle scope on either a Muzzleloader or a Shotgun. A rifle scope is designed for a Rifle ONLY! There is different harmonic's between a rifle and a shotgun and that is what broke your scope. The different type of recoil between the two will break almost any type of rifle scope - even a Leupold. Besides that - you do not need a Bushnell Elite 3200 on a Shotgun! Even with a rifled slug, your effective range is still less than 200 yards. If you would have PAID someone to mount your scope for you - that knew something about guns and scopes, they would have advised you not to do it and would also had advised you to buy a shotgun scope for your muzzleloader or shotgun and not a rifle scope. Play dumb, send it back. Bushnell will replace it. Go out and BUY a shotgun scope and put the rifle scope on a rifle and you will not have anymore problems. |
RE: What should I do? Scope repair question
Rifleman is telling us that a scope that will stand up the the recoil of a .378 Weatherby magnum will come apart when used on a muzzleloader. Quick, someone raise the flag. No, not the surrender flag: The bullsh!t flag!!!!
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