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Today I used the chance to compare a Bushnell 4200 6-24X40 with a Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50. I pointed the 6500 at some deer antlers in the woods 131 yards away and turned the magnification up till I could definitely see the third point on one of the antlers. It was on 8X. Then I switched to the 4200. I could make out the third point on 7X.

I put both scopes on 24X then switched to the 1956 military optics chart. I could make out #4 in the third smallest chart with the 4200 and #6 in the second smallest chart with the 6500. What a fantastic difference!

Of course the 6500 can go down to 4 1/2X for more field of view and up to 30X for a closer look than the 4200 can with 24X. But for the money the 4200 is the better value.