Elite Scopes
 

Has anyone had any experience with Bushnell Elite 3200 or Bausch & Lomb Elite 3000 scopes, good or bad?

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I have had an Elite 3200 for about three years and it is still very clear and accurate albeit I have taken very good care of it.

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Although I hunt with swarovski' s I do own two elite 3000' s myself(the 3200' s are updated 3000' s) and several friends own 3000' s ,3200' s and 4000' s and 4200' s.To date there have been no problems with any of these scopes.I actually find them brighter than any other scope in their price range.

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I agree in their price range the elites 3200 is hard to beat. I have owned a B&L 3000, still own a 3200 and a 4200, been perfectly fine in my experience.

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I have a 3000. I agree that for the money, they are hard to beat in clarity. Mine did breakdown though on a .338 Win. Sent it in, repaired and returned free of charge and very quickly, Bushnell has a good customer service in my opinion.

KC

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Nothing but good to say on the Bushnell elites both 3200/4200 series.They are bright and clear and have a bullet proof warranty that covers them for life no reciept required.I think they are the best scopes in their price range.Own a 3000 and a 4200 and happy with both.

woods

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I had a 3200 on my .300 Weatherby and after 30-40 rounds through it the crosshairs broke...[:@]

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Yeh, I know here come the funny looks. I just bought an Elite 3200 5x15x50 for my groundhog gun and honestly the optics were brighter and crisper than the leupolds that cost up to $100 more. In my opinion the best bang for the buck with the lifetime warranty.

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Dollar for Dollar, you will not find anything much better then the Elite series. Great Scopes!!

Jon Jackoviak
The Optic Zone
www.theopticzone.com

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Hey no funny looks from me,I can tell you for sure the 4200 is brighter and clearer than the Vari X lll' s.Was focusing my scopes the other day from the bench and used a winchester ammo box at 100yds.I like to fine tune the focus at 100yds where parallax is set and its finer to me than just pointing at the sky and making the reticle sharp.When you focus on print you can see minor changes in focus quite quickly,anyhow I put my conquest and vari x lll and just arrived 4200 all on 10X and tried to read the printing on the box.All three read the logo print fine once focused but I was surprised to see the 4200 sould read the next level of finer print that the other two could not.That night as dark came I picked a branch out in the woods behind the field about 160yds away and watched it with alternating scopes as the light failed.The vari x lll lost the limb first and 5 minutes later the 4200 also lost it.The conquest lasted one more minute and a half and it couldn' t pick it out anymore either,now considering the conquest has a 44mm obj. and the other two have 40mm I would say its a dead heat between the conquest and the 4200 elite for brightness to my eyes and its clearer than both to boot.I think with the latest coatings and lenses the difference between the premium scopes is getting less and less.But I will say the elites are heavier and have closer to a true 3" of eye relief,something to consider when mounting on a hard kicker.Just my 2 cents.

woods

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I have had an 3x9x50 Elite 3000 on my 7mm for 6 years now and it has performed flawlessly. I compared it to many scope (Nikon, Leupole, Burris, Redfield, etc..) and I bought it for its clarity. It' s works very well in low light.

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glad to see so many positive replies. i' m picking-up a 3200 next month.

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glad to see so many positive replies. i' m picking-up a 3200 next month.



jjo

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I' ve got a couple 3200' s and one 4200. I' m very happy with them. I still have Leupolds on my primary hunting rifles, but my next purchase may be another Bushnell.

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Thanks for the info.;)

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To be honest a 3200 came with a gun I bought. I' ve been buying them ever since on purpose now!!! I own 4. Not that I' m selling my Leopolds though but there' s no sense in spending the money for anything that I can' t appreciate the difference for. Also don' t forget the external fogproofing is exceptional.

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270bbr,
almost forgot to mention that Bushnell is coming out with a new luminescent reticle on the 3200. You might want to wait a bit longer until it' s available. I read where it' s supposed to be energized for 30 seconds with a flashlight and will provide useful reticle positioning well before dawn and long after sundown. It' s a normal black reticle all day. No batteries or electronics! Pretty neat huh?

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I have about a 10 year old B&L Elite 3000 4x12x40mm that isone of the worst scopes I have ever owned. It is SOOOO sensitive to changes in light conditions that it is nearly unusable in the field. I' ve sent it back to Bushnell 3 times to be fixed, each time just as bad as before. When you crank the power up on the scope it becomes very very fuzzy. I finally gave up on it and stuck in on a rifle I do not use.

I recently bought an Elite 4200 and it' s quite a different story. I am very pleased with the optical clarity and brightness of it. However, it is very large and heavy for a 1.5x6 scope that' s for sure. Also, as Woodseye has stated - the eye relief is very short when compared to say a Leupold.