Thread: Best value no frills 3-9 hunting scope

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Something to be aware of is that the lower value scopes often have / suffer from a lot more parallax than higher priced scopes, despite some having very good glass. Bad parallax error will result in unexplained missed shots and general stuff ups
The Bushnell 3500 Elite has very minimal parallax which is in part why I suggested it. Whilst good, none of these cheaper scopes will come close to the Swaro recommended by Mathias if you can stretch to one

I'm afraid parallax is inherent to optical sighting devices, it can't be "designed out" no matter what the budget. The main issue is what distance the parallax is set to zero, eg 100yds v 150yds. For deer-size targets, it's really a highly over-rated variable under 200yds. You'd have to have your line of sight waaay off the optical centre to have any real effect.