Need any opinions or facts regarding Nikon
Softpoint,
You say you have a Tasco Cheap-O. Is there something wrong with it? Or are you wanting to buy a more expensive scope in hopes of preventing future problems? I own a Bushnell 3200 and find it to be excellent. Greybeard has said on many occasions in the past that he really likes them. I see people praising Leopolds,and there are very expensive european scopes aswell the Japanese too. Your desire to purchase a Nikon is certainly based on excellent optics reputation since the earliy 50's.
The big problem, as I see it, is that gunoptics have to endure unbelievable hardships! Recoil, dropping/bumping, weather extremes, hot and cold. This kind of treatment can result in failure in most any camera and binocular optics, but if it happens to a rifle scope their labeled a "Piece O Schmidt"!!!!!! Correct? So what do you do? I say go with the best factory backed warrantee you can find and pray you never have to use it. I had an older Bushnell Range-finding scope that I dropped while cleaning the gun. My fault, no question! I told them so! I returned it to Bushnell for repair and sadly, they said it was not repairable. However, they were sending me a new #3200 Elite to replace it.....FREE. All I paid for was the original shipping and handling fee. I find that this is excellent customer service and I will look for another Bushnell when I need another scope. Good Wishes on your choice.
savageT
Softpoint,
You say you have a Tasco Cheap-O. Is there something wrong with it? Or are you wanting to buy a more expensive scope in hopes of preventing future problems? I own a Bushnell 3200 and find it to be excellent. Greybeard has said on many occasions in the past that he really likes them. I see people praising Leopolds,and there are very expensive european scopes aswell the Japanese too. Your desire to purchase a Nikon is certainly based on excellent optics reputation since the earliy 50's.
The big problem, as I see it, is that gunoptics have to endure unbelievable hardships! Recoil, dropping/bumping, weather extremes, hot and cold. This kind of treatment can result in failure in most any camera and binocular optics, but if it happens to a rifle scope their labeled a "Piece O Schmidt"!!!!!! Correct? So what do you do? I say go with the best factory backed warrantee you can find and pray you never have to use it. I had an older Bushnell Range-finding scope that I dropped while cleaning the gun. My fault, no question! I told them so! I returned it to Bushnell for repair and sadly, they said it was not repairable. However, they were sending me a new #3200 Elite to replace it.....FREE. All I paid for was the original shipping and handling fee. I find that this is excellent customer service and I will look for another Bushnell when I need another scope. Good Wishes on your choice.
savageT