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Leupold or Sightron???
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<blockquote data-quote="jsthntn247" data-source="post: 266457" data-attributes="member: 14894"><p>Hi everyone..... I have been reading this forum for some time now but have never made a post until now. I just bought a sightron sIII 6-24x50 from a friend of mine. It was brand new in the box still wrapped and never opened. He has had the scope since late 2007, which he bought for a gun project that he has never got around to. He new I wanted a good scope in that power range so he told me to give him half of the 800 bucks that he paid for it and I could have it ( he doesn't need the money, trust me). So yesterday I took the scope out to a 400 yard range to check it out. I brought my 100 dollar bushnell banner 6-18x50 with me, that is on my hunting rifle, for comparison. <u><strong>To say I am <span style="font-size: 15px">not </span>pleased is an understatement</strong>.</u> The scope is relatively unusable past 16 power. At the higher power range the scope almost completely blacks out and is very difficult to obtain a sight picture. I set both scopes on 18 power and looked at the 300 yard target. The view between the two scopes was virtually identical, however, the bushnell had a longer eve relief and had a larger field of view. The bushnell cost me 120 bucks and is just as good of a scope, that is sad. I hear the new LR models are better, don't seem that they can get much worse. The warranty card is in the box and I am going to send it back, hopefully it was just something wrong with this scope. I hope their warranty is as good as everyone says or I am going to be stuck with a 400 dollar piece of junk. I had my mind set on a 4200 6-24x50 and am already regretting not buying it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jsthntn247, post: 266457, member: 14894"] Hi everyone..... I have been reading this forum for some time now but have never made a post until now. I just bought a sightron sIII 6-24x50 from a friend of mine. It was brand new in the box still wrapped and never opened. He has had the scope since late 2007, which he bought for a gun project that he has never got around to. He new I wanted a good scope in that power range so he told me to give him half of the 800 bucks that he paid for it and I could have it ( he doesn't need the money, trust me). So yesterday I took the scope out to a 400 yard range to check it out. I brought my 100 dollar bushnell banner 6-18x50 with me, that is on my hunting rifle, for comparison. [U][B]To say I am [SIZE=4]not [/SIZE]pleased is an understatement[/B].[/U] The scope is relatively unusable past 16 power. At the higher power range the scope almost completely blacks out and is very difficult to obtain a sight picture. I set both scopes on 18 power and looked at the 300 yard target. The view between the two scopes was virtually identical, however, the bushnell had a longer eve relief and had a larger field of view. The bushnell cost me 120 bucks and is just as good of a scope, that is sad. I hear the new LR models are better, don't seem that they can get much worse. The warranty card is in the box and I am going to send it back, hopefully it was just something wrong with this scope. I hope their warranty is as good as everyone says or I am going to be stuck with a 400 dollar piece of junk. I had my mind set on a 4200 6-24x50 and am already regretting not buying it. [/QUOTE]
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