Which scope

[Spoony]

Right looking for a new (used) scope for my .222 most of my shooting with this gun will be on the range between 100-300, some crow shooting with the odd fox. So not looking to spend a fortune. Thinking more of the lower end price range on short working time at work so moneys tight.
Any experiences on stuff like hawke endurance, bushnell, mtc, redfield, etc that kind of thing they any good.
Tia.

 

[12borejimbo]

Mtc from the list but save for a proper scope! I went from an mtc to a schmidt and wow, what a difference!

 

[Spoony]

are mtc ok how was yours

 

[Spoony]

what about mag, fixed or vari, would a 6x42 be ok for targets from 100-300 mostly 100-200 metres,

 

[mereside]

burris are nice scopes been on my 270 for three years and still going strong i use it for deer and foxing under the lamp. i have a sightron on my 300 win which held up to right on dark against my zeiss bins so well impressed ,atb wayne
ps lifetime garauntee on sightron

 

[Tom D]

I've got a bushnell 3-9 if you fancy that, £85... quite a fine plex type reticle, be good for crows I think..

 

[tusker]

I have a Bushnell Legend 4-12 x40 on my 243 and cant fault it 3 years great service. I also have a Bushnell Banner 3-9 x 50 on my 30-06 again cant fault it its been in use for 5 years both great value. I would not have shot anything more with an expencive scope.
Tusker

 

[jordang]

ive got an mtc mamba lite on my 17 Rem atm, (mostly because its excellent with NV) as long as you can live with the limitations ie white out then its not a bad scope and certainly good for the money.Put it this way, you wont miss (much) because you are using one.

 

[Spoony]

What's white out

 

[Hornet 6]

What's white out

All you see is white, unless you get the perfect eye position and don't use full magnification, something
the users of MTC and other various cheap high mag scope know so well.
If money is limited than stick to a 3-9x40 or 50 from the likes of Nikon or Redfield.
Nikon I would happily buy second hand, not sure on Redfield, they have not been around
as long as the cheaper Nikons like the ProStaff range and I have only ever looked through a couple.
The ProStaff's I have had a few of, still have regularly use 2 of them.

Neil.

 

[rooster]

Burris Fullfield or a bushnell legend, stay away from MTc, mine was shite.

 

[Spoony]

Cheers for the replies ill do more digging

 

[247sniper]

Hiya Guys,

I have a MTC Viper on my .22 Hornet and on maximum mag it doesn't suffer from white out (Max 16). It is great for dialing in and shooting small stuff like vermin and targets out to 300 yards with the Hornet. Also consider some of the Bushnell's like the 4200 or the 6500, I had a 6500 and it was great although I feel that the 4.5-30x mag was over cooking it slightly on full mag, optics were very good, and the turrets used for dialing in were great and 100% repeatable.

Steve.

 

[BunnyDoom]

Right looking for a new (used) scope for my .222 most of my shooting with this gun will be on the range between 100-300, some crow shooting with the odd fox. So not looking to spend a fortune. Thinking more of the lower end price range on short working time at work so moneys tight.
Any experiences on stuff like hawke endurance, bushnell, mtc, redfield, etc that kind of thing they any good.
Tia.

I've had a Hawke Endurance, Bushnell, and burris - all excellent scopes for the money. Used redfields and they are also excellent scopes - I sold my endurance and "upgraded" to a ziess, can't honestly say I could tell the difference!

I really rate burris too.

 

[Bigboab29]

+1 for Burris, I have a 4.5-14 fullfield 2 on my 22lr and i really rate the scope wouldn't hesitate to put it in one of my cf's

What type of budget do you have?


Hawke sidewinders r a lot of scope for the money as well.

 

[Cottontail killer]

Have a look at the sightrons @ aim fieldsports glass is very good and they have a full range is scopes and other optics

cheers

paul

 

[mereside]

just as a heads up for anyone , sightrons here are around the 750 mark , us is 490 two week del
Sightron SIIISS 6-24x50 LRMD/CM Mil-Dot Scope - Little Jim's Sport Shop
atb,wayne

 

[soother223]

can't get that close to crows down here!
get a zeiss an be done with it!

 

[m595]

Meopta mate I have a 7x50 on my .222 and my .243 can't fault them great glass

 

[bobjs]

im hoping to move from 1 zeiss to another,

running a 4.5/14x44 on my 20 tac (posh 204) and its stunning.

the scope im after is the same one as above so im hoping to be moving on my zeiss 3/12x50 duralyt, also good glass for the money and with a fine reticule that is still easy to see when using a lamp, and cracking when shooting in full daylight.

i don't rate MTC scopes i have had a couple over the years and they are not nice, bushnell's are also on my not to good list but hey its you thats going to be using it, so you have to choose one.

but remember this buy good glass buy once, buy cheaper cr@p and buy twice.(coz i didn't for years and spent shoot loads of money on crap glass).

enjoy the search and i hope you find what you like at the right price.

bob.