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there are deals on the Bushnell LRHS , 3-12x44mm , FFP , G2H reticle , zero stop , scope , made for hunters , its a 30mm tube , good glass etc , made in the same Japanese factory as the Night Force are .
When it came out , it was 1500 , and 200 guys snapped them all up , now you can find them for 1100 or less , I have ordered one .
Be aware the para is 50yds and not the 7yds as advertised .
Later Chris
I wish someone other than Bushnell would make something like it. Without the ring around the reticle.
I wish , you could still buy old school 1.5-6x42mm marksmen S&Bs , and Kahles 6x42 & 10x42 ZFs , and Swaro ZFMs , Opps .
The elevation turret is a single turn 10 mil knob , which is heaps for most hunting .
I think this scope has a very useful & practical set of features , and YES I pause when I hear its a Bushy , BUT as I said , guys have spent 1500 and been happy with it , and its actually made by a high quality Japanese company thats also makes scopes for Night Force & others .
We maybe need to remember that Bushy althou thought of as a low quality maker , has recently designed some neat stuff , and has scopes made in quite a few places around the world , at a wide range of price points , and as long as its high spec is matched with actual high grade manufacture , then I am very interested .
If I get mine , I will post my thoughts of it , good or bad .
So far the ONLY bad comment has been the side focus/para knob , goin only down to 50yds , instead of the original spec of 7yds ( 20 feet ) .
Later Chris
YEAH ,
Looks like the scope is maybe on its way , awesome ?
Look forward to the review:)Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisF
Heres a pic of what it looks like
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d9...psd008a8e1.jpg
Its in NZ , just has to clear customs
Woohoo
Yeap , should have it in a few days , just paided the GST on it .
I played with one last week in the US.
It's not a bad scope overall
The evaluation turret is bloody huge.. Not quite but almost feels like a jam jar lid LOL the knob style is like all the other old Bushnells - yuck!
The reticle is 'busy'... A little confusing to be honest- it's like they have tried to combine 3 diff types into 1... From LR to like a 5 MOA donut with hash marks everywhere.
The glass is quite nice... Infact very nice... Zero stop is cool, but the clicks weren't to my liking. I prefer a heavy positive like a NF.. Certainly above average feel though.
Windage turret under a cover... Not my cup of tea.... BUT I LOVE how the Windage adjust has R or L in front of each number.. Very cool.
I'll never buy one as don't like FFP or Mil :D
Bushnell have brilliant backup too. Even if bought overseas.
Just got mine , after NZ Post had it for 2 weeks , thats quick service .
1st Pics , the reticle I like it much better than I thought I would , it has very heavy bars , so even at 3x , your eye is drawn to the center , and the donot of death , its much better than I thought as well ,as its not as thick as I thought it would be , so far the only minus , is has been stated overseas , as it originally was speced to have a 10yd parallex , its a 50m on the actual scope , so it does not suit air rifles , if it did , then it would be a very good do all , air rifle , rimfire , center fire .
As it is , its a bloody good center fire scope , and will do most things .
For those , that have a fear of FFP , I think some of them need to actually use one a bit , mayeb then , they would have a more informed view of them , maybe Greg Duley would even give it a chance ( ie unbiased ) , Opps , NO , not going by the lop sided review he did of the other Bushy FFP scope .
Is it prefect no , but to me its a lot of scope for the price , and it will find use on a number of rifles .
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d9...ps8a51b1b0.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d9...ps28dcf47b.jpg
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Some crap pics of the reticle , just gives a bit of an idea , I find it real hard to take pics looking thru scope ,
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d9...ps625ddcc5.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d9...ps971695e7.jpg
These are at 3x & 12x
I would have liked them to have put knobs like on the S&B PMIIs , ie straight & with knurling , ie a bit less KNOBBY , I like it lot so far , they are due to bring out a 4-16x50mm version next yr .
I like the fact the elevation knob is NOT tall like the other high end Bushy's .
The knob does turn very easy , some will want it to be different ,ie harder/softer / musher etc , in main , what i am trying to say , is its a BLOODY good wee scope , and any changes that some one may or may not want , are just very small things , in the main this thing rocks , and is very different from most of whats out there , and thats a good thing .
I hope the trend continues , just offers US the shooters more solid practical choices , when it comes time to chose a scope .
At around 1k USD , its a lot of scope , and very capable for the money , IF not someone please show me somethings thats better for the same or LESS money .
In the next price point up , the new Steiners would be the best bet at 1.7k USD , in the USA thats a 70% dearer optic .
In NZ its going to be much closer to 100% dearer optic ( at best guess ) .
I find the reticle not busy , look at a full Horus & you will see whats BUSY .
I hope more Kiwi shooters get one and try one out , good to see what they think of IT .
Later Chris
Chris you did better taking those pics through the scope than I ever have.
Hope you can at least see the general idea of the reticle , at 3x , the heavy bars draw your eye straight to the center , and that should enable you to shoot close range animals with no real drama , and the 12x shows , the dredded donut of death ( like a Steyr AUG , but thiner ) , and the finer crosshairs & then the mil hash marks & numbers .
looks alot better than my crap pics .
Seems a very practical dial up scope , in the past we either had , full tgt , full tac , or hunting scopes with dial up knobs as a poor after thought , this is a more of a hunting scope with solid dial up knobs , or a shorter range compact tac scope , NICE .
Later Chris