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i have 4 of these scopes and they are very tuff and a good price too Burris 1-6 x 24 , 30 tube matte black /illuminated , i also plan on putting a couple more on 1 on a 338 Win. mag. and 1 on a 35 Whelen Ruger #1 . trust these are fantastic scopes for the money. Pete53

I don't normally recommend something I haven't had some experience with. The one I put on an AR15 calling rifle just a month ago showed no such behavior.

Weird...... -Al

Mine was one of the first releases, maybe they fixed them, I might have to try one again the next time they have a sale as I liked everything except the very bottom end and that is where my scopes stay most of the time.

Glow is redundant. The Firefly triplex is blacker than black before and after legal shooting. It’s a shame more mfgs haven’t filled that niche instead of going all in on wannabe sniper recticules. I just don’t buy the arguement of less precision with a bold crosshair at less than 300 yd distances on game.

Really like my 1.5x5 Leupold on my 45-70

1903 Sprinfield 30-06 wit Denver Redfield I bought new abiut 1972. Have used that scope a lot and love it just as much today as ever! Scope is 2 3/4x widefield 4 plex cch

Are you talking the RT-6? I like that one. Have one on my Ar

yes the Burris RT-6 sure has been a good scope for me !

I actually have a couple of variables, but the vast majority of my glass was made in El Paso. 2.5x fills the bill. Yeah, I know, ya can't hit chitt with a scope without dials and whistles. I keep on trying to make them work....

+1 for the Trijicon Credo 1-6

I like a bold outer reticle but prefer thinner inner plex...not a wide inner plex but a narrow opening. I certainly prefer the finer inner plex for accuracy on targets but several years back I started noticing that some of the heavy duplex scopes I was using made it tougher to pick out small twigs and limbs when I was shooting through small openings in woods. I didn't use the firefly enough to remember how fine the innermost plex was but I like the concept of bold outer with steps down in width.

Never paid much attention to these when sold new, but have since used several on muzzleloaders, shotguns and as backups in QD mounts. These are Scopechief VI, marked Bausch & Lomb. Nice ones can be had for under $100.

I've got a half dozen of the Firefly reticle scopes in 2-7 and 3-9 on guns ranging from a H&R 20 ga. Ultra to my 700 Classic 35 Whelen. That reticle does such a good job in dim light that I've never bothered to charge the reticle. In the dark woods of Vermont and Mississippi that I hunt, darkness comes early and that bold reticle helps.

Unfortunately, the 2-7 is almost an orphan in today's rifle scope world. There's a reason that my favorite 2-7s, Nikon and Bushnell 3200, frequently sell for more used than they did new. I try to buy them when I can get a good deal on them.

I really do like the 3-2-1 reticle in the dark woods. It works.

As to precision, that scope on my RAR 308 turns in sub moa groups with boring regularity.

Cheapest set up in my safe!

Leupold 4x compact

I’ve got an SII 1.5-6x42, a couple of Leupold 1-4s (HD and G1 reticles), Zeiss 1.8-5.5, Vortex LH 1.5-8 and 2-10, Trijicon Accupoint 1-4 w/green triangle, and probably some other lower power stuff I can’t recall at the moment. I like every one of them for given purposes, or I wouldn’t have kept them. I had a couple of the 3200s in 2-7, and the eye relief was too short. I should have kept them for light kickers, because it was more than fine at low mag….just shrunk to dangerous short at the top end on those. I probably like the green triangle Trijicon and G1 1-4 VX2 the best on semis and levers for ‘fast’, though I’ve gone well past 250 with both. For deep dark woods, the Zeiss and Sightron are very good. For general purpose, those razor LHs are a nice package of light, bright, and reticle. Not much new out there that compares to most of those….especially without illum.

Very good old scopes and glass that compares well with much newer and higher priced scopes IMO.

I have two of the 1.5-4.5 early 80's Japanese Bushnell Scope Chief VI's. Great scopes. 10oz, nice duplex reticle. I bought the first one with paper route money brand new. My dad liked it so much he bought one the next year.

that or the 1.5-5x20 with a german #4.

My big game rifles have leupold heavy duplex reticles on them, very fast to use. And for load development and such I just make a target that fits the reticle. With my hunting rifles with that reticle I have no problem shooting sub MOA groups. My Barret 270 win prints sub 3.4 in groups all the time 6x42 leupold with heavy duplex.