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Midway has a sale on the 1-4x Bushnell Elite for $134, if anyone is looking for a reasonably priced low powered scope. Just got mine and I'm very impressed with the brightness and clarity, especially considering the price. Getting harder to find low powered scopes.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/102489474?pid=677221

That is a good price. I was about to order one the other day on sale for $179.00 but then I ran across an actual blued scope to go on an older blued rifle, so...

Everyone's dumping them. Your's might be the first positive review I've seen. lol

I almost ordered one a few months ago but they were out of stock. I have one on order now. Hoping it is Elite quality at Banner price.

There is nothing about this scope that would endear it to any new scope buyer, I only a 4x zoom, plain duplex, no turrets, no 50+mm objective and no illumination. You probably can't kill beyond 50yards at high noon.

It sounds like the perfect coyote calling scope. It's going on a 20P carbine that is wearing a 1.5-4 Leupold Freedom right now. Flat enough shooting to hold on fur to 300 yds. Bright enough to kill a coyote as early or late as you can see one coming to the call with your bare eyes. Nice uncluttered reticle for fast acquisition and precise enough for coyote size targets. I have hunts planned in AZ and Co plus the whole season in NM.

Just back from a couple of weeks overseas and mine was here. So far, just handling/fiddling/viewing/adjusting with it I am impressed. My Ruger 44 Carbine should be a good test vehicle. I have read many positive reviews though who knows? $140 ain't gonna kill me...

For my needs a 2.5X would suffice, but the only option I see is a Leupold 2.5x for $299. I see the Leupold 1-4 Freedom is also $299. I have an older VX II 1-4, and the Bushnell"s optics appear clearer. How it will hold up we'll see, but at $140 it seems to be a serious bargain.

I bought one last year to put on my .30-30. It’s a lot better than the old Bushnell I put on the gun 20 years ago. It’s clear and while I paid more than the Midway price, I was only in it for $170. For that price, I’d say it’s a good scope.

The vast majority of reviews I have read have been very positive. Where are you getting your information?

I have had one for about a year and I'm more than pleased with it. The eye relief is great and constant, though I usually only keep it on 4x. Life would be easier and lighter if you could still buy a quality 4x and 6x scope.

I just bought a Trophy XLT 1-4x24 Riflescope .223 Drop Reticle for one of my sons' Christmas gifts this year.

I opened it up and looked through it and it looked really good. Nice and clear. I wasn't a huge fan of the reticle, but it's what he asked for, so...

I have a bunch of their older 1-4 and 1-5 shotgun scopes. I like those reticles a lot better. They're more like a traditional crosshair with a small circle around the center of it.

Great for close in work for coyotes for sure.

Amazon is selling them for the same price.

Midway is the seller on Amazon. I bought mine through Amazon.

I mounted mine today and it is everything I want and then some. It is as clear, the reticle is heavy with just a small center X, now fisheye on 1x and windage and elevation adjustments that can be set to zero when sighted. Tomorrow it gets sighted in and maybe a coyote stand on the way back from the range. I put it on a Rem 788 in 222 Rem.

It's been to the range and it is all I expected. I even ordered a second one, seems Everytime I find a scope I really like the discontinue. I guess I take after my uncle, he owned a Nash, Kaiser-Fraser, Hudson I don't think he ever bought a car that they didn't quit making.

Exactly where are you getting that info from? Ive owned numerous 4500 elites and all have been very good scopes for the money. None have failed me yet and the glass has been great

I asked the same question above with no answer provided. Just another one...

Been around all series of Elites from B&L days through the current Elites from Bushnells. Luckily I guess I have yet to see a bad one.

Still using a B&L Elite 3000 4-12x.

Last week I picked up a mint Bushnell Elite 3200 4-12X for $100 at a LGS. I will mount it tomorrow on my recently acquired Rem 700 ADL 6.5 Creedmoor. Looks like a nice piece that received solid reviews in the day.

I like em.

Only issue I have ever had is with a 4-12x. The rubber came off of the ocular. No big deal at all.

The Rainguard is a definite plus on the 3200 and up series of scopes.

I've got a Bausch & Lomb Elite 3000 and a Bushnell Elite 3200. Both 3-9x40. Mechanically they're both still sound. Both were decent scopes for the money in their day however optically they're both inferior to my VX-1's and II's, my Weaver classic V's and my Nikon Pro-Staffs. Frankly they're some of the worst scopes I have left on centerfire rifles in both light transmission and resolution, which is why they're on rifles I don't use much anymore.