What should I do? Scope repair question
03-17-2008, 11:12 AM
#21
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: El Dorado, Arkansas
Posts: 2,174
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.
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.
03-19-2008, 06:40 PM
#24
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 246
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!
03-19-2008, 07:20 PM
#25
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location:
Posts: 350
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
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
03-20-2008, 03:49 AM
#26
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Port Neches, Texas
Posts: 5,514
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!
If so, I won't be considering Bushnells in the future of my scope upgrades!
04-05-2008, 05:01 AM
#29
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location:
Posts: 819
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.
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.
04-05-2008, 03:35 PM
#30
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Comance county, OK
Posts: 11,408
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!!!!
