RE: Why don't you like Tasco scopes?
 

yep, like BC said, once you have one fail, you will never put another low end el cheapo on a big game rifle...


i had a tasco or simmons(think it was a simmons) slug gun scope on my 3006 for 2 season. it was fine the first year....shot it prior to the 2nd year and all was fine.

that 2nd year with it, i wounded and lost 2 does and completely missed 1. i was sick. i blamed myself. dad blamed me...we both knew better...i was taking good shots and was steady and 2 of them were less than 30yards...the other was like 50. i was done. i wasnt going to hunt the next year. dad was setting up a slug gun for himself and i told him take my scope i didnt need it. he knew i was upset and told him i didnt wanna deer hunt the next year...i KNEW it wasnt me. dad took it to get bore sighted and the smith quickly found the problem. every time i adjusted the scope power, the reticle moved!!!! on the bench, it was fine coz i cranked it up on the highest power. when i was hunting, i kept it on the lower powers...

saved up all summer and bought a Leupold Vari-x II and never looked back....never had another trouble.....

only cheap scope i own now is on my 22, which i rarely get to use...but i havent had a trouble with it yet....if i used it regularly, it would have a good scope ontop as well...

RE: Why don't you like Tasco scopes?
 

Well, I like my Tasco even more now. I still have one on my muzzle loader and saw a deer a couple days ago. The It's a couple now as it was the day before yesterday. I called him in to about 123 yards give or take. I was thinking when I checked it last year with a range finder it was 130 yards but accodring to the gps it was 123 but it says it's only accurate within like 30 or 40 feet or something so that's several yards difference. I'd say it was at least 123 yards and I'm really almost sure it was further than that when I checked it with a range finder.

Anyway, I couldn't get him to come any closer. He was a nice 8 pointer. Being that I had a muzzle loader I didn't want to take a 120-130 yard shot. After trying to call him in more and him just looking and not moving I decided to try for the shot.

I'm using 100 grams of Pyrodex pellets and Powerbelt 295 grain hollow points and last time I shot the gun it was shooting very close at 100 yards but it was hard to keep it still in the spot I was sighting it in. So some were up and some were down from the bullseye and some were right in the bullseye. It just depended on how I pulled. It's about 2" high at 50 yards maybe slightly more than 2" but right around great at 100 yards. Knowing how fast muzzle loader bullets dropped I decided to aim high. I aimed right above the deer and hit him right and I mean right behind the shoulders exactly where I wanted to. He fell and then jumped into the woods. When I got there. I climbed down right then he was flapping trying to get up as he saw me. Not knowing where I shot him and also not wanting him to suffer I reloaded and shot him again in the back and just just rolled over. I couldn't get a shot and behind the shoulders then. If I had known where I hit him which was a perfect shot I wouldn't have shot him again but I didn't know and didn't want him to suffer and longer than he had to.

A few friends said I just waisted more meat by shooting him again. Overall, it was a nice day as I killed a pretty large 8 pointed. I had several people tell me how lucky it was.

I couldn't have done this without a scope and being that the Tasco usually shoots right around where I want it at 100 yards I knew to aim high at 130 yards and aimed in the perfect spot and it shot exactly where I wanted it to. I'm impressed. The Leupold I have I can't get to hit where I want half the time. I also later had this thing fall across the truck seat and the scope hit the door. When I shot it to see where it was shooting it was still good. If that happend the the Leupold you more than likely would have had to re adjust it.

RE: Why don't you like Tasco scopes?
 

I have 1 old tasco world class that has rubber coating on it. I bought this scope years ago and has been on my 06 for many years. This scope is a dandy has never given me a minutes trouble and is as clear as any of my Nikons or Leupold's. However this is the only Tasco that has given me this kind of service. I had bought a few more and all of them was junk. I would never waste my money on one again.

RE: Why don't you like Tasco scopes?
 

I put a Tasco pronghorn on my 50 cal muzzleloader a while back, didn't take long and the rear lens ring( the one that holds it in ) unthreaded itself and the lens was wobbly! Needless to say, the nitrogen was gone so the scope was thrown into the junk pile. No more Tascos after that.

RE: Why don't you like Tasco scopes?
 

Actually when you go by the numbers you DO get what you pay for in scopes,you wouldn't believe how many junk scopes I've had to remove for customers only to replace with a GOOD scope. I've noticed 1 thing by all these posts-it seems to me that the more experience somebody has dealing with scopes,generally the better their scopes get,by that I mean the number of scopes they are exposed to.

RE: Why don't you like Tasco scopes?
 

Thats just not so.I been working on gun's for nearly 40 years.The more i have dealt with these So CALL name brand scope's that sell for god only knows how much.The more i see how peps think via speanding more they get more.Is nothing but pure hype from Optic's Company's to make a buck.Praying on the fool hearty.I repeat YOU DO NOT ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.
Case in point look at gas Prices

RE: Why don't you like Tasco scopes?
 

I'm going to go ahead and say this in both this and the other thread. My Leupold got sent off today for repair for the 2nd time since I bought it new about 1 and a half years ago. It seems to want to self adjust itself now. This is crazy as for a scope for that price should last a lifetime not 6months at a time.

As for the Tasco I don't doubt that someday it will fail but when it does I will put another one on it. I can put 5 or 6 on it and still be saving money over what the Leupold costs and it seems to last longer at a time than the Leupold does anyway. I've had it for around a year now and not yet had a problem.

I can't really tell a difference in clarity between the Leupold and Tasco either. Looks similar to me but a few buddies have said the Tasco looks clearer to them.

I did put my Burris Fullfield 2 on just recently when the Leupold messed up so I've gotten to test that out some. I can't comment on how long it will last or how it holds up as I haven't had it long enough but when I heald it up it was like wow. It surprised me how much clearer and how much better it looked than the Leupold. Colors are just soo sharp and it's so clear. The Leupold was not at all like this. I like the Burris much much better already so far compared to the Leupold. I will have to see how it holds up.

The beauty of the Tasco is it seemed just as good as the Leupold vision wise and seems to hold up a lot better and it's about a 7th of the price of the Leupold. The Burris I think is probably slightly clearer but it also was way on up there in price too compared to the Tasco that is clear enough ytou can see just fine. If you can't I think you need to have your eyes checked.

RE: Why don't you like Tasco scopes?
 

I've had 2 Trashco's and one Simmons that failed me! Most of those that are trashing the Trashco's,HAVE learned by experience!

I will agree that ANY scope can fail, but you just cannot get the quality of good glass, much less the finished product for the price of a cheap scope! Also, quality control costs more too! Better quality control equals less chance of failures.

And for those that say they can buy 3-5 scopes for the price of aquality scope, you've just ackowledged that you have 5X the chance for failure!
With the total costs of hunting, the liceinces, leases, equipment, scouting time, stand building, and transportation, etc. it is just not practical to gamble ona cheap scope! Not to mention, you don't see trophieseveryday!

RE: Why don't you like Tasco scopes?
 

I'm not saying I'm going to have to buy 3-5 scopes I'm just saying that if something does happen I can. I've never had a scope act up except for my Leupold and it and the Burris are the only ones I've spent that amount of money on. I have had 2 Tasco's, a Simmons for years, and then the Burris and Leupold. The Leupold was the most expensive and has given me the most problems.

RE: Why don't you like Tasco scopes?
 

I have an old Tasco World Class that is a decent scope. Not sure exactly how old it is, but it was used when I bought it, and that's been years ago. I've had two Tasco products that were purchased new: one pair of binoculars and a scope. Neither held up through their first season of use. I will not buy another. I have had similar experiences with Simmons and Bushnell. The upper-end Bushnells probably aren't bad, but once a product leaves a sour taste in your mouth, it's hard to go back.

Every time I've put a $50 scope on a $500 gun, I've wound up with a gun that shoots like I paid $50 for it.