Tasco & BSA scopes
 

Has anyone had any good experiences with either tasco or bsa scopes? Seems after buying my new gun, those are the only scopes in my price range. I hear they suck. But it only has to hold up to light duity for a season or two. I wish my gun had sights on it, I' d shoot those until I could get a bushnell.

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I had a Tasco a few years ago and it wasn' t very well made I had to have it replaced twice. The cross hairs came out both times. If you are interested I have a Redfield Illuminator for sale. I don' t know if that helps as far as price though. I would hold out on a cheaper scope or try to find a quality used one.

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Buying a Tasco is like flushing $$$ down the drain...use iron sights till you can afford something decent. Even a 4X Leupold VXI will be 10X better.

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What about this if money is really tight, buy the rings and bases, then move over one of your existing scopes for the season or two. Your going to need the mounts anyway and you might as well save the 100 bucks and put it towards something you want and will last. I know it is a hassle but a scope that doesn' t hold zero is too!

I bought a 7600 with a tasco and he never made it out for a season. It would not hold zero, adjustments were in feet i' m sure not 1/4" . Another gun I picked up used had a 4 power fixed tasco, I thought it would be ok on the ml for the summer...second time to the range the hairs broke. So 2 -" Trashco' s" was enough for me to say no thanks. I have onbly heard BSA info on hear and it wasn' t all negative but a lot was.

Try ebay for a bushnell or Baush and Lomb 3000 Elite. It has been replaced by the 3200, however same scope no raingaurd is the difference.

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Kodiak, I think if you are going to buy a tasco, get a fixed power. From what I have heard the bsa is worse junk than anything. A friend of mine bought his son a straight 4x 40 tasco about ten years ago and he is still using it. The variables tend to distort worse as you go up on the magnification. I think you always get more for your money in a fixed power scope anyway. The zoom capability is alot of what you pay for in any scope. Did yall kill any big deer down around Luthersville last year?

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Both aren' t anything to write home about. You would be better off buying a quality used scope over these you mentioned.Simmons aren' t much better if any at all.
Ruger Redhawk

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Ok, I bought a (old but in great shape) used Bushnell sportview 3.5x10x45 wide angle waterproof. It' s as clear as a bell and I know it works because I know the person who used to have it and I' ve seen the scope in action. $50.00 is more than I wanted to spend, but if it doesn' t fit my gun, I can get my money back for it.

I almost bought a 4 power tasco, but thought I had better stick with a better brand.

I would of just shot iron sights, but my gun doesn' t have them. And since I have no other scopes, I couldn' t just stick on an old one.

Larry338, Yes I killed 5 last season in Luthersville. One doe with my bow, 3 with my 06 one was a big 4x2 buck, and one with a shotgun and rifled slug. Only saw one big buck and he was always out of range or running. Folks in my club in heard county got about 15, most of which were average bucks and one big' un. How about you?

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Ruger,I' ve used simmons for years and I' ve never had a problem. But I may have been lucky.

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kodiak...I agree with the others. Don' t spend your money on those.

How much do you have to spend? My first choice would be a Leupold, but if you don' t have that much....maybe look at Sightron. You can get a nice one for $150-$200. I personally don' t have one, but the couple folks that I know that do, like them alot. I' m actually looking at getting one for my m/l this year. I just can' t afford a loopy for it, but at the same time, no way I' m gonna spend any money on total junk. Just a thought.

Well...I guess you can ignore me...we were posting at the same time. Good luck with your scope.

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Well, I wanted to spend like 30 bucks. But I ended up paying 50. I would of been happy with iron sights my gun doesn' t have them. As implied above, you can only get junk for about 30 dollars, the tasco has a bad rep, and BSA has plastic lenses. Both are made in Japan, my new (old used) bushnell was made in Korea (and you know how much they know about deer gun scopes). At least it wasn' t made in France.

So far I' m happy with my new bushnell sportview, when my new gun comes in I' ll tell ya' ll if it fits.

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I' ve had two Trashcos. Both broke, one at the range and the other one cost me a deer! You could not give me a third one!
You may find a few people who have had good luck with them, but thats just it LUCK!
You can get a bad scope in any brand, but quality and quality control costs money! With good materials and quality control, there is far less chances that a bad scope will ever leave the factory.
You pay more for a cheap scope in the long run, you keep replacing them and that doesn' t even take into account the heartbreak of lost trophies!
I would rather take my chance on a used scope than a cheap new scope!

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I agree with everyone else. Don' t buy a Tasco! Wait until you can afford something better.

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I have had good results with BSA' s and Tasco' s on rimfires. But anything with recoil screws them up fast.

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i have had both. both have been bad for me.

the tasco i had on a win 9422 in 22 mag. after 5 years it broke and when i would put the magnification up the reticle would do circles. the B.S.A broke on my 35whelen and would get foggy at the lowest variable.ion that note i have several friends who have had luck with there tasco' s. but foggs up like you wouldn' t believe !!
if you don' t have the money for rigth now look into e-bay.. you might find some decent scopes cheap ! but between the two i would go with the B.S.A.

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I have a Tasco on a .35 Remington that my father bought me 20+ years ago and I never had to tuch the adjustments,but it' s an old Tasco! If it were my gun I would save $$ and put a quality scope on it and avoid headaches down the line...;)

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Thanks for the advice guys, I won' t buy a tasco. I bought a used bushnell yesterday.:)

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I' ve never found the cheap Tascos to be any better or worse than the same price level of Bushnell, both are junk. I' ve used the a couple of the higher dollar Tascos with good results. They sure aren' t in the league with my Leupolds or Bushnell Elites, but the higher upper level Tascos have worked well on a couple heavy barrel 22' s and varmint rifles.

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I say for the money the simmons aetec is a very good scope. I have had one on my 30-06 for years, i have several friends with magnums who use them and have never done nothing but praise em. I have never cared for Tasco or Bushnell.


BSA is not much better but i think they are better than the other two. If your not gonna use the gun a whole lot i would say its ok to try the BSA.

P.S. Try the AETEC

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Bsa' s have plastic lenses.

The bushnell I got is an old QUALITY one. If you were going to buy the same scope I got new, it would be around $250.00.

Tasco is a cheap brand. They work for a while but one day you' ll look through the scope and the cross hairs will be messed up.

A gun is only as good as the optics on it. But the gun I' m getting isn' t exactly known for accuracy. 2" groups at 100 yards is common.

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Kodiak, About Simmons scope I have one that came with a trade I made. It' s the 44mag model I believe.I shot the gun before trading and scope performed well.The reason I made the comment about Simmons I have several friend who have or had them. Allot of problems with them.Simmons has a lifetime warranty but that doesn' t do much good if you miss a nice buck because of it.My hunting partner had the crosshairs come loose in his Simmons.
Ruger Redhawk

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Ruger, I didn' t mean for that to come off wrong. I' m sorry if it did.

Up till now simmons scopes were all I used. none were all that good, but they weren' t bad. But like i said, I may have been lucky.

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Kodiak, You didn' t come off wrong. If I gave you that impression I apologize for that.I' ve never owned a Simmons except for the one mentioned above.I have allot of shooting friends who tell these tales about their guns and equipment.I guess you could say I have no on hands experience with them.I' m going by what they say.I was a DieHard Redfield user. Now that they' re gone and openned under someone else I' ve moved to Leupolds.The only Leopolds I own are VarXII' s.So far so good.I have one Weaver V24.On the lower powers it clear,but the higher you go the clarity disappears.I have several OLD Redfields and wouldn' t part with any of them.If the original Redfield were still in business that' s all I would buy.
Ruger Redhawk