Best scopes
 

Hensoldt (Zeiss military division)
Schmidt & Bender
Zeiss Victory (Zeiss sporting division)
March
Premier

Definitely top shelf stuff there. Great choices for those willing to pony up the $.

Unfortunately, if you dangle an Alpha Optic in front of me I lose all sense of proportionality and the concept of "reasonable" and I'll buy it, getting the money through any and all LEGAL means. I have a 6-24x72 Hensoldt, a S&B Summit and a March 1-10x24 Tactical scope. I have a ludicrous amount of $$$ wrapped up in scopes that I'll never use as they were designed to be used with the exception of the Summit. I'm going to sell the Summit and the March and pick up another Hensoldt.

Me bad too. I have Swaros, Leica, S&B and Zeiss (Duralyt not Diavari though). I'd rather have a few better ones than many crappy ones. Just my opinion though.

Agreed............so best / worst scopes for "x" amount of money would be of more value (for most of "us").

Otherwise it's easy to find a "good" scope for $2,000 - huh ??!

Don't have the green for some of the high dollar scopes that some want to mention even though most have never looked through much less owned. As for me, I own Zeiss Conquest, Leupy Vari X III, VX3 and Nikon Monarch along with some other junk. I'd rate what I own as Conquest, VX3, Vari X III, Monarch. The only "decent" scope I've had issues with is a Conquest with shifting POI which was quickly replaced by customer service. I'd feel comfortable recommending any of the ones I own.

If I had bought the "good" scopes that are listed here, I would not have gotten my three kids thru college. I am sure that they are fine scopes, but I have to use something cheap. I use Bushnells, not the high end ones, I have a Banner mounted on a 30-06, it is a 1.5-4.5 and is nice and bright. It was a "take-off" and cost me $50. If it goes south, I will mount a Bushnell 2.5 fixed power that I paid $20 for. One son just got his Masters degree and all three kids have jobs. Maybe I can upgrade to a used Leopold one of these days, but for now, I am happy with the bargan-basement Bushnells. I use it for deer hunting only, put half a dozen rounds thru it a year and it is very accurate. I also take along a peep-sighted Win. 94 30-30 as back-up.

I have a West German made Zeiss, and love it, but I also have one Leupold VX-III, and many VX-II, and love them just as much...The best scope is what your wallet will allow you to buy!!! If your like me and just hunt with no formal long range shooting teams, then your everyday scopes will do the job....leupold, nikon, bushnell, zeiss, etc.

I have a $79 Simmons 4x32 shotgun scope on my TC Omega and it works very well and holds zero. For a cheap scope it has been great. I must have got lucky and got a good one. Never had any problems with it.

Great Answer!!! I coudnt agree more.
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Really? Exactly what part of them is crap? I have a couple of them and for a hunting scope they are a really good peice of equipment for the money. They are the exact same scope as the Vari-X II, just renamed the VXI, that was concidered a great scope a few years back. Back when the Vari-X II was made it was the scope to have and was the scope everbody judged scopes by, matter of fact it was probably Leupolds most popular and sucsessful scope, they changed the name and now its a piece of crap? Now the Rifleman by Leupold is a defferent story, they are not worth wasting your time or money with. I have had nothing but great luck out of my VXI's, better than ANY Nikon I have ever owned. Another post I read, a poster claimed the VXII has only 88% light transmition, LMAO!! Where do you guys come up with this crap? It has 94%.

I love my VXI that i have on my M77, it only takes me 3 shells to check my zero from the year before. Like fritz, every nikon that i have is a pos, and pricey reminder not to buy any more.

http://www.topqualityscopes.com/top-7-rifle-scopes/

Top 7 rifle scopes

LOL. That's funny. :party0005:

I just read a test of the new scopes, Leupold VXII came out on top, they had the best low light capabilty of all scopes tested, by far. The Bushnell Ultra Legend HD came in second, as the best buy. What was interesting was some of the scopes that they beat out included, Ziess, Lieca, and Swarovski. They didnt even test Leupolds top of the line but a $300 VXII, it still rated higher in all aspects of even the $2500 scopes they were tested against.

http://www.outdoorlife.com/photos/ga...ode-1001355429

Quality Depends on how much you spend ..
 

Quality and Features depends on how much money you spend on scope or sight, Here i see many comments against burris but i think Burris scopes and sights are not bad. I have read many positive reviews about Burris 300234 Fastfire III

Maybe the better question is; What are the 5 "best buys" VS the 5 "biggest disappointments" ?

It's all about the $$$ VS quality & value !!!

$100, $300, $600, $1000, $2,500...............

This is BS. I say that based on ~30 years experience with about every scope know to mankind. Leupold has the lowest failure rate IME; exactly one out of the several (probably 50+). It was an old VXII dropped off a rock... Leupold still fixed it and sent it back to me for free.

Other than that, I've only used Leupold CS for scope mods like M1 turret installs, custom turrets, custom crosshairs etc. I have a couple VX6s and put them optically on par with Swarovski. Best value out there IMO, with more options than any other.

Good post.

I would take a Rifleman over any Jap scope save maybe a Bushy Elite. The VX1 (VXI, II, III are different from VX1, 2,3 etc.) is possibly the best value in riflescopes. They have the old VXII coatings. The VX2 has the old VXIII coatings.

I somewhat agree. You usually get what you pay for.

I will say that my comparisons of a Leupold VX6 vs a Swarovski Z5 indicate the V6 to be on par or slightly better optically and ~$500 cheaper. Equal quality, on par or better optically and $500 cheaper seems to effectively argue your statement. Not always the case, however.

This is a 6-year-old topic revived by a spammer with an advertising link in his post. 6 years is a long time in the scope world. Opinions from 6 years ago would obviously change to at least some degree by now as scopes and brands change and not always for the better. You'd be better off to start a new and updated topic.