SIMMONS SCOPES
11-08-2006, 01:50 PM
#13
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Being held POW in ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA USA
Posts: 811
RE: SIMMONS SCOPES
I have a simmon's on my mod70 243 wssm. It came with it. No probs after 2 years. I have a 44mag on a REM 597 that's a guessing game. It don't take kindly to riding in a truck.
Don't know much about the rest of the line, but seems good scopes these days cost as much as good rifles
Don't know much about the rest of the line, but seems good scopes these days cost as much as good rifles
11-08-2006, 06:43 PM
#14
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
RE: SIMMONS SCOPES
Something to remember. Meade has bought out Redfield, Weaver and Simmons scopes and will market the three as their top, middle and bottom class scope. Meade doesn't have the best reputation.
11-08-2006, 06:54 PM
#15
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Being held POW in ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA USA
Posts: 811
RE: SIMMONS SCOPES
One thimg I don't like about the simmons on my 243 is the crosshair is too big. I tried looking at adeer across a bean field about 400 yds and seemed like the hair covered half of him up
Brad
Brad
11-13-2006, 06:15 PM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Port Neches, Texas
Posts: 5,514
RE: SIMMONS SCOPES
Well, I was a big fan of the Aetec! Note, WAS!
I had a 4 year old "baybied" Aetec, never dropped, never even bumped! It went south on me openning weekend. Luckily, I figured that it was bad BEFORE trying a shot on a deer! It did cause me to alter my hunting plans though!
No more Simmons or Trashco's for me! I see a new Luepy, or Conquest in my future! I guarantee you, that rifle will sit in the cabinet until I can put good glass on it!
I had a 4 year old "baybied" Aetec, never dropped, never even bumped! It went south on me openning weekend. Luckily, I figured that it was bad BEFORE trying a shot on a deer! It did cause me to alter my hunting plans though!
No more Simmons or Trashco's for me! I see a new Luepy, or Conquest in my future! I guarantee you, that rifle will sit in the cabinet until I can put good glass on it!
11-13-2006, 06:48 PM
#17
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 493
RE: SIMMONS SCOPES
The last scope I had to change out was a Lepold vxIII and put a Nikon in it's place. They all can go bad. The 44mag Simmons scopes are pretty bad but mostof their others seem to be well made. A close friend of mine has a .50 target rifle and he told me that two Lepolds had came apart on him, and now he has his spare which is and old Tasco and several hundred rounds havn't hurt it so far.I don't mind paying for quality, but I do mind paying for a name.
11-16-2006, 07:15 PM
#19
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Posts: 546
RE: SIMMONS SCOPES
My 44 mqag was not a good scope. The scope hit on different points of impact at different power settings. The master series seems like a good deal. If I were going to buy an older simmons it would be the aetec. But the new aetec in the master series seems like alot of scope for the money
11-18-2006, 12:25 PM
#20
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Posts: 1,372
RE: SIMMONS SCOPES
I'll take my simmons over a leupold, nikon, zeiss, or swarovskiany day and yes I have all but a swarovski and my cuz has one of them that I don't like. The old simmons deerhunter, and Aetecs are great and I never had a problem with the 44 mag. All great scopes IMO.