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<blockquote data-quote="Wedgy" data-source="post: 1018899" data-attributes="member: 64108"><p>Excellent post from James /<a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/members/jboscobuys-81139/" target="_blank">jboscobuys</a> about the "new" Bushnells. I think they are a step up from the Vortex in features/reticles but the glass could be a little better. On point the problem with Vortex is the lack of low power...6x is way too much for anything that is in woods or moving. Bushnell: The H59 is amazing !!! But 32 oz is a bit much for a hunting scope. Bushnell must be giving them to LE because all the new tac guys are running them. Mil reticle only. At half the cost of NF there is no reason not to. I've never really had the need to go past 15x but do on occasion while spotting thru the scope. As a predator hunting scope I think any of the 4-20x, 5-20x, 6-25, etc. take themselves out of the mix because they need a lower bottom end. I put a Burris Fast Fire on top of my 5-25x Zeiss R-25 in 243 Win to get the close up running dog and pig but it's kind of bulky. The 2.5-16 Bushnell 6500 is a great power range but 2nd fp and marginal glass, 3-18x is ideal but the VX-6 line is 2FP as well. The Burris Veracity is FFP and has a small tree reticle and may be the next hit as it's in the $600 range I have not tried one out yet</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wedgy, post: 1018899, member: 64108"] Excellent post from James /[URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/members/jboscobuys-81139/"]jboscobuys[/URL] about the "new" Bushnells. I think they are a step up from the Vortex in features/reticles but the glass could be a little better. On point the problem with Vortex is the lack of low power...6x is way too much for anything that is in woods or moving. Bushnell: The H59 is amazing !!! But 32 oz is a bit much for a hunting scope. Bushnell must be giving them to LE because all the new tac guys are running them. Mil reticle only. At half the cost of NF there is no reason not to. I've never really had the need to go past 15x but do on occasion while spotting thru the scope. As a predator hunting scope I think any of the 4-20x, 5-20x, 6-25, etc. take themselves out of the mix because they need a lower bottom end. I put a Burris Fast Fire on top of my 5-25x Zeiss R-25 in 243 Win to get the close up running dog and pig but it's kind of bulky. The 2.5-16 Bushnell 6500 is a great power range but 2nd fp and marginal glass, 3-18x is ideal but the VX-6 line is 2FP as well. The Burris Veracity is FFP and has a small tree reticle and may be the next hit as it's in the $600 range I have not tried one out yet [/QUOTE]
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