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Old 11-29-2004 | 08:13 AM
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Any comments from Buckmaster owners? This is what they sold me to put on my 30-06. My longest shot will be 150 yds.
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Old 11-29-2004 | 08:24 AM
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I've had one on my 06 for couple years now; i like it alot; very clear, bright in low light, good buy.
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Old 11-29-2004 | 04:17 PM
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I have one on my .223. It continues to perform flawlessly and hold its zero. I have shot at distances of over 500 yards a couple of times when plinking, mainly just to see if I could do it. I can accurately kill coyotes, cranes, and pumpkins at 300. My next rifle will probably have one, also.
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Old 11-29-2004 | 09:42 PM
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jkb IMHO I believe the BuckMasters line of scopes are the best available in the under $300 range. Earlier this month I decided to get out a rifle of my childhood (30/06 700ADL Remington) dust it off (got it when I was a kid in the early 80s) and re-scope it and take it to the large hardwood tracts of southern MO for an annual hunt on family land. I decided that since I probably wont use the rifle but 1ce per season at max, I wanted to keep the price under $200. I compared it too $300 and under scopes.

I compared it too 3x9x40s of VariX I and II (the IIs are over $300 but I was curious to see what if any difference they might have), the Elite 3200 and the Aetec from Simmons. The lil BuckMasters had em all beat IMHO. For outright image clarity and low-light performance I chose it over the others. Once I mounted it, sighted it in and actually carried it into the woods I was actually impressed with the lil scope. On other rifles I have one Leupold VariX II, two VariX IIIs, 1 Nikon Monarch and a Swarovski PVS on other rifles. Obviously some of them excell in areas over the BuckMasters but in all honesty I could cleanly see to shoot well past the legal 30 minutes after sundown. So what more does a scope have to do? I have a pair of 15x45 Zeiss Conquest binocs for field and longrange use and a 9x40 Bighorn Steiner for in the woods use. I could almost see as well with the scope well before and after light as I could with both binocs. Again, I was impressed for a lil ol $200 scope.

Now lets see if the BuckMasters will give me flawless service for nearly 15 years like I have had from the Monarch on one of my 7mags,
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Old 11-30-2004 | 12:00 AM
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I can also vouch for the Buckmaster. I have one on my Encore 308 rifle barrel and its taken some pretty rough rides on my atv and the zero has held perfectly. Like RA said, its very clear and gathers light great in low light conditions, especially for a 200 dollar scope. I've only had it for two years, so I don't know what the long term test will be, but so far I've been very pleased with it. I also have a Nikon Prostaff on my BP barrel and two Nikon pistol scopes and they're fine scopes as well.
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Old 11-30-2004 | 06:32 AM
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I have a few of them and all are great. I went to order anoter this year and they were out of stock so tried a sightron and was impressed with that also, They are a little cheape $155 buck to $99 sightron and the sightron is a one piece tube. Both are great inexpensive scopes ..Bill
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Old 11-30-2004 | 07:25 AM
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I have one on my Muzzleloader for years and I love it
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Old 12-01-2004 | 08:37 AM
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The Buckmaster is good quality for the price. These are solid scopes with a good reputation that will stand all the recoil a 30-06 can produce. My hunting partner has had one for a few years on a Remington Model 78 Sportsman in 270. Over the years he hasn't had to readjust zero once. He uses the rifle for deer, feral hogs, and varmints. This is the only rifle he owns. So I would buy this scope with confidence.
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Old 12-01-2004 | 10:47 AM
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Im happy with mine. I put one on my Remington 700 adl 30.06 last summer, replacing an old Simmons scope I had for years. A great scope for the money IMO.
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Old 12-02-2004 | 03:53 PM
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I had one on a BDL S/S 300 RUM,it held up one season and the top crosshair broke.I sent it back it was fixed and now it's on my 6mm and has been geat.
I'm still a Burris Fan Sorry
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