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<blockquote data-quote="Rich Coyle" data-source="post: 1346640" data-attributes="member: 70559"><p>Wild Bill G, You mentioned Vortex. So far none at the range have glass as good as the Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50. A friend of mine purchased four Vortex Razor HD FFP 5-20X50 (MOA) scopes. He told me I could take one outside the store and compare with the 6500. I put a sand bag on top of the pickup. After adjusting Vortex for my vision and set on 5X I pointed it at a sign several hundred yards away and found the smallest writing I could read. Then I adjusted it to get it as clear as I could. I laid the 6500 on the sandbag set at 4 1/2X. It took about one second to see the 6500 has better glass.</p><p></p><p>I took the scope into the store and told him. He checked them and said, "Hmmm. These go for about $1,100 don't they?" "I got that one last month for $785," I informed.</p><p></p><p>There was a fun revelation with the Leupold VX-6. It, the Swarovski z5, and the Bushnell 6500 were on sandbags pointed at the optics chart. They <em>all</em> look good. BUT compared to the VX-6 the other two looked sort of washed out. The Leupold showed the grass to be vibrant green<strong>!</strong> while the other two displayed okay color.</p><p></p><p>One more thing about the Bushnell 6500's. I purchased four of the 2 1/2-16X's just like I did the four Swarovski's. I ordered one and tried it. It wasn't what I was hoping for so either sold it or returned it and got another. As good as the glass is, none of the 2 1/2-16X have glass as good as the 4 1/2-30X. Therefore I installed a Bushnell 4200 4-16X40 on my .375 for half the cost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rich Coyle, post: 1346640, member: 70559"] Wild Bill G, You mentioned Vortex. So far none at the range have glass as good as the Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50. A friend of mine purchased four Vortex Razor HD FFP 5-20X50 (MOA) scopes. He told me I could take one outside the store and compare with the 6500. I put a sand bag on top of the pickup. After adjusting Vortex for my vision and set on 5X I pointed it at a sign several hundred yards away and found the smallest writing I could read. Then I adjusted it to get it as clear as I could. I laid the 6500 on the sandbag set at 4 1/2X. It took about one second to see the 6500 has better glass. I took the scope into the store and told him. He checked them and said, "Hmmm. These go for about $1,100 don't they?" "I got that one last month for $785," I informed. There was a fun revelation with the Leupold VX-6. It, the Swarovski z5, and the Bushnell 6500 were on sandbags pointed at the optics chart. They [I]all[/I] look good. BUT compared to the VX-6 the other two looked sort of washed out. The Leupold showed the grass to be vibrant green[B]![/B] while the other two displayed okay color. One more thing about the Bushnell 6500's. I purchased four of the 2 1/2-16X's just like I did the four Swarovski's. I ordered one and tried it. It wasn't what I was hoping for so either sold it or returned it and got another. As good as the glass is, none of the 2 1/2-16X have glass as good as the 4 1/2-30X. Therefore I installed a Bushnell 4200 4-16X40 on my .375 for half the cost. [/QUOTE]
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