BSA Scopes and others
 

A friend of mine asked me about BSA scopes the other day and since I didn' t have any experience with them I told him they were probably on the level of a Tasco or some other Made In China scope.
I' m needing a new scope this year though and don' t have a lot of money. What is everyones opinion on the best bang for the buck? ($150-$200 range) I' m leaning toward the Nikon Pro-Staff or a Burris Fullfield.
After reading the post on Nikon I' m not surprised. That is what I expected from Nikon.
I' ve owned Burris in the past and they were pretty good scopes, especially since they were made in the USA then.

RE: BSA Scopes and others
 

Personally, I don' t own a BSA scope, but I did check them out last fall when I put glass on a new rifle. I would say your right with you Tasco analogy. For the money, not bad, but not what I would put on a gun.

I would take a nikon over the burris, but they are both good scopes.

From my experience though, I won' t put anything less than Leuopold on my guns.

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I have not owned a BSA, but after my lessons with the Trashco' s, I am learning to get good glass. Leupold, Nikon or better from now on!
I do own one Simmons Aetec, but I hope to replace it with a Leupold BEFORE it craps out on me! In the field of scopes, you really do get what you pay for!

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The BSA' s are pretty much junk. In the budget you mentioned, I' d take a look at the mid to upper levels of Bushnell scopes. It might just be bad luck, but I' ve had a couple Burris scopes break on me. I now stick to Leupold or Bushnell.

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Save up and buy a decent scope.These lower ends scopes aren' t much.Buy a quality scope and it will last you a lifetime.Cut corners buying a cheap scope and you' ll kick yourself later on.For years I would buy Redfield' s until they went Belly Up. Now I' ve switched to Leupolds and I have been happy with them.I would stay away from Tasco (Trashco), Simmons and other low end scopes.They' ll cost you more in the end.
Ruger Redhawk

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And you are right about BSA scopes! They' re almost as good as Tasco!!

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You might take a look at the Swift line of scopes. Where I live you can get a 3x9 swift for 100-120 dollars. I have really never heard a bad word about them. I am going to try one in a couple weeks. Our Scheels store take trade ins and I am going to trade my Nikon Buckmaster in on one. I have a new Leupold that I have not used yet and I am hoping that it is better that the last three I have tried. One of the three was exceptable but the other two I had to return. When I got them back they were still very unclear and I sold them at a garage sale. Everyone tells me how great they are so I am hoping that this one will be a keeper. It looked good in the store. I might just be lucky with Bushnel but I have had a ton of them and sold many more when I was a gun dealer. No body ever had any complaint and almost all my Bushnel customers came back for more. I had a 10X Sihlouette scope that wore out three silhouette rifles and then I sold it for just what I paid for it ten years earlier. I have a 6X one that I have had every since I can remember. I just keep putting it on one rifle after another and its always clear and sharp and dead on target.

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I like the upper level Bushnells...The Elite line. I am not a huge Burris fan. You can' t go wrong with Leupold.

B.S.A. stands for Bad Scope Assemblers

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I just put the Nikon Prostaff on my Remington 700. It' s a lot of scope for the money.