Bushnell Legend 8x42 Binoculars
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Thar
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Beno
If you are looking for good quaility Bin's for not a lot of money look at some of the old posts, one make comes to the top again and again.........................................................................................................................................Minox Minox Minox. you will need a little more money that the Bushnells but it will be money well spent for Germany optics.
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Tahr
If you are looking for good quaility Bin's for not a lot of money look at some of the old posts, one make comes to the top again and again.........................................................................................................................................Minox Minox Minox. you will need a little more money that the Bushnells but it will be money well spent for Germany optics.
ATB
Tahr
Thar
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beno said:
The BR HG (high grades) are the best although they are about to superceded by a new model.
Next are the BL they have the same glass as the HG models but weigh more because the HG have a magnesium body while the BLs have a alloy body in addition the HG are argon filled and the lesser models use nitrogen.
The entry model are the BV these have a composite body but don’t write them off the glass is still very good probably better than any else for the money.
Here are some links, the HG model are only just outside your budget the BVs are the same price as the Bushnells.
The price for the ones in the links is £320-170 plus postage ect.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Minox-8-5x43-...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad4effaf5
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Minox-BL-8x42...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item518e624b6d
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-MINOX-BV-...Photography_Binoculars_ET?hash=item4cebbb5be4
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Tahr
http://www.binoculars-uk.co.uk/acatalog/Minox_BL_series.html
Like the look of the BL line cant really justify spending 400 on the Hgs. So looks like i'll get a set of the BL ones in 8x42 thanks for the help Thar.
Ben
Like the look of the BL line cant really justify spending 400 on the Hgs. So looks like i'll get a set of the BL ones in 8x42 thanks for the help Thar.
Ben
hi i started out with a pair of bushnell h2o bins , they werevery good and served me well up untill last year .
they were very good in low light , but i did have a 100 yd rule , once i could see 100 yds with then i started stalking and once i couldnt see 100 yds i called it a day !
they accounted for many roe over the years
i think i paid 120 quid for them from black wolf surplies
cheers lee
they were very good in low light , but i did have a 100 yd rule , once i could see 100 yds with then i started stalking and once i couldnt see 100 yds i called it a day !
they accounted for many roe over the years
i think i paid 120 quid for them from black wolf surplies
cheers lee
cowcheif
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anyone think these are worth buying? will be my first pair
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-MINOX-BV-...Photography_Binoculars_ET?hash=item4cebbb5be4
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-MINOX-BV-...Photography_Binoculars_ET?hash=item4cebbb5be4
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I have had these binos for the past three years and have been very happy and impressed with them. Would happily recommend them. My bro has a pair of Leupold cascades and the Bushnell’s out perform them!
Sadly I just cant justify spending Swarovski or Leica type money on Binos that only marginally out perform a pair of £200 Bushnell’s.
I’m all for good quality glass and one day hope to replace my Bushnell Legends but in the mean time, one has to remember, and this applies to people that get hung up on red dot reticles in there scopes too,
Is it really justifiable and responsible to be taking a shot at a deer when it is so dark you cant make out the amimal with the naked eye?
Lets say you might spend £900 on a pair of Swarovski Binos and another £800 on a lovely S&B scope just so that you can shoot an extra 10 minute window after a lesser breed of scope.
Can you really justify spending that kind of money just for that little extra 10 minutes of shooting time when if we are honest with our selves we perhaps should not be pulling the trigger in that kind of light?
Just a couple of interesting points, a bit of food for thought for us all!
Sadly I just cant justify spending Swarovski or Leica type money on Binos that only marginally out perform a pair of £200 Bushnell’s.
I’m all for good quality glass and one day hope to replace my Bushnell Legends but in the mean time, one has to remember, and this applies to people that get hung up on red dot reticles in there scopes too,
Is it really justifiable and responsible to be taking a shot at a deer when it is so dark you cant make out the amimal with the naked eye?
Lets say you might spend £900 on a pair of Swarovski Binos and another £800 on a lovely S&B scope just so that you can shoot an extra 10 minute window after a lesser breed of scope.
Can you really justify spending that kind of money just for that little extra 10 minutes of shooting time when if we are honest with our selves we perhaps should not be pulling the trigger in that kind of light?
Just a couple of interesting points, a bit of food for thought for us all!
I reckon someone a little more up to speed than I will chime in, I think that I would be happy to shoot in dusk as long as the shot can be placed correctly, are we allowed legally + one hour from sunset? & first light is usually way before sunrise.
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