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Daisy?

Ha,Ha.. No,something ultra cheap in 30mm rings.I just remember the air gun guys use them mostly. I'll try to talk him into a decent rail and likely give him a good set of rings.

putting a scope like that on a 250.00 plastic stocked Mossberg is like putting lipstick on a pig.

What do you have your SWFA's on? What didn't you like about the Mossberg bolt action you've owned?

The're cheap rifles ,but I hear they shoot. I think they are about like a Savage 110.

Even so ,I would rather have a $500 scope on a $200 rifle,rather than the other way around. That's if if shoots decent.

What about a VX-3i 3.5-10?

If 500.00 scopes were mandatory to kill deer/game I'd never have killed anything in my life. Having killed well over 200 deer over the last 45 years as well as thousands of varmints/predators/small game animals you might be able to see how rediculous I think that is.

[quote=gr8fuldoug]We have the Meopta 3.5-10x44 #4 on sale for $399.99

This is as good as it gets for $400. A Great price from Doug.

It seems you just want to argue.I never said anything about needing a certain priced scope,or even any scope at all to kill a deer.

The $399 Meopta will be such an improvement over his Barska that he will be shocked. Even discerning rifle loonies might have trouble telling the difference between the Meopta and scopes 3-4X that price.

Since he is using a Barska now anything would be an upgrade. I would think that he would be awed by the view through the VX-3i 3.5-10. Take him to a store and let him look through it and if he likes it with a little shopping one can be found for under the $400 budget, and maybe with enough money left over to buy him a decent set of rings.

drover

That's what I'd do.

That was a possibility but I wonder if a Meopta won't have just as good of a view and perhaps hold up slightly better,if he wants a set and forget scope.

They are all mechanical and anything mechanical can fail, but if he has been getting by with a Barska and it has not failed he must not be too hard on equipment. I have never owned a Meopta but have looked through a few and each case I was underwhelmed with the view - IMO the Leupold view is superior. But I also have excellent eyesight and not all of us see the same thing when looking through a scope. Before advising him to go one way or the other if you can find a store that carries a Meopta and Leupold take him there and let him have a look and make the decision from what he sees.

drover

Just my take.....

VX3i for under 300.00 bucks on Ebay and use the rest of the money for beer.

Yea,that's a huge problem around here. He asked me because he knows I've owned a dozen different scopes in the last few years. Subjective as you say,since I liked the view of the Meopta's I've seen with the exception of one. I don't remember the model,but it had a wide zoom range but the low end had bad tunnel vision. The 3-9's and 4-12's I've seen,I would say are the equal at least to a VX3.

This man is a genius!

The Meopta/Cabelas/Zeiss old Conquest are at least the equal of the VX3 glass with the bonus of constant eye relief through the power range. The only thing the Leupold has over the Meopta is weight and slightly more compact dimensions. I would try to find one in the 3-9x40 instead of the 3-5-10 or 3-9x42 etc. They have a little longer eye relief.

I second the 3-9x40 Meopro. I think the Meopro 3.5-10x44/VX3i are great choices as well

Mil reticles and turrets are surely the way to go in a 3-15x scope. He'll be slinging 1000 yard shots at deer after only half a box of Corelokts at the dump shooting paint cans at 53 yards.