best scope

[krshunter]

hey spark, isn't it amazing how we can't hear a thing on the other end of these posts yet we think we detect a tone?

Anyway, you're right, best is a relative term and in this particular case I'm not sure anyone can truly say what best is. Or maybe someone with one of every scope tested under exactly the same light and weather conditions at the same time to 10,000 rounds on a big caliber or on and on and on.....And what if the one Leupold or Burris or Swaro that they got for their test was a lemon? Then they would say the they weren't good and so on.

If anyone has time here is a great article to read on this stuff. Inthe July 2004 RIFLE magazine Jahn Barsness wrote and article titled "Tough Scopes: Fact or Fiction?" Apparently he's been talking to custom rifle builders, resalers and doing his own testing for 15 years or so with every scope known to man. In summary he said there are a lot of great scopes out there that will probably work on most hunting rifles. Said that custom makers like Jarrett, D'Arcy Echols, Sisk and others like the Euro stuff but won't put anything but a Leupold on anything bigger than a .338. Not because of the optics but because they are the only variable power scope that seems to hold up on the large calibers. Most said they won't mount anything on calibers such as a .416 Rigby except maybe a Leupold fixed power.

Capitol Sports in Montana is supposedly a large volume store with complete cunsmithing shop in house. They sell everything on the market and say that they get less Burris scopes back than anything else followed by Leupold. Said they get Tascos and Bushnells back more than anything. Barsness though said that he thought the Elite's were a good rugged scope.

Anyway, very good article with lots of good research and testing into it. Still doesn't pick one out as the best as would be almost impossible to do.

To follow ol_spark, my favorite scope has been an older Burris on my Savage 99. Now a days in my budget range I still like the Burris line and Nikon. Back at ya spark!