I bought a Swaro Z3 4-12x50 Plex scope because I got a bunch of LL Bean gift certificate money last Christmas and by cashing credit card reward points, and that’s the best scope they have that I could get with the gift card amount. I put it on the 20” .308 DPMS Hunter, and I love the scope.

However, I previously have owned and used four Bushnell Elite 6500 scopes (a 2.5-16x42mm [on my 7mm Wby]; two 2.5-16x50mm [on my .340 Wby and my M1A]; and a 1.25-8x32mm, which they sadly don’t make any more, on my 375 Wby]).

All of these 6500s have been great to me without any troubles at all despite suffering tremendous recoil. The Swaro might be just the slightest touch brighter, but not enough that I would notice in the field. And I really like the 2.5x16 range. For possible close-in shots I leave it in 2.5x-power, and, if I need something like 16x-power, it would mean that I am taking a really long range shot, and almost certainly will have the extra 1/2 second it takes to dial the scope up.

I love both the Swaro and the Bushnells, but if I had to choose between the two for a really important hunt, I probably would pick the Bushnell.

I’m not sure I linked the pics correctly. But, if so, they show some of what I described above.

https://imgur.com/waPXvId

https://imgur.com/7YDpoJs

https://imgur.com/tZt46xT

https://imgur.com/sqA6gup

https://imgur.com/3jnkFdI

https://imgur.com/lFvICMB


Last edited by MarineHawk; 12/17/17.