Best scope for the money
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: Best scope for the money
Zeiss conquest will win this hands down since you have to spend considerably more to eke out a little better resolution as well as physical weight.
I would use a 3-9x 40 for any hunting i do. The New Nikon Monarchs are maybe 20 dollars less then a Conquest just as heavy and the resolution is inferior. You also have more reticle options with the Conquest all the Monarch offers is 2. Bushnell Elite 4200 is verycomparable glass but the eye relief is 2/3" less in most cases . Some places are selling the 3-9x40 4200 for 250 range and that is quite a pickup unless you are using a heavy recoil rifle.
I would use a 3-9x 40 for any hunting i do. The New Nikon Monarchs are maybe 20 dollars less then a Conquest just as heavy and the resolution is inferior. You also have more reticle options with the Conquest all the Monarch offers is 2. Bushnell Elite 4200 is verycomparable glass but the eye relief is 2/3" less in most cases . Some places are selling the 3-9x40 4200 for 250 range and that is quite a pickup unless you are using a heavy recoil rifle.
#14
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Bossier City, LA
Posts: 159
RE: Best scope for the money
I agree with you, Dan, the Nikon Monarch is hard to beat for the money. I can't tell the difference between it or the more expensive Leupold. The only scopes any better are the ones over $1500. Then you have to ask yourself, is it really worth that much.
#20
RE: Best scope for the money
Count me in the Bushnell 4200 crowd. However, given the Leupy-vs-Conquestchoice, I'd go Zeiss.
Nikon makes good products, but I have a problem with storeclerks trying to shove them down my throat. Several times (with several different products) salesfolk have tried to convince me to buy a *clearly* inferior -yet more expensive- Nikon over other brands. I have several buddies who've had this same thing happen.
Nikon makes good products, but I have a problem with storeclerks trying to shove them down my throat. Several times (with several different products) salesfolk have tried to convince me to buy a *clearly* inferior -yet more expensive- Nikon over other brands. I have several buddies who've had this same thing happen.