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If the Cabela's instinct is an identical twin to the Meopro, it's top dog. Lenses and coatings, clarity, brightness can't be touched by the others. It's easily on par (and above imo) with the Zeiss conquest scopes. Meopta made the lenses for those scopes at one time. The 4-12 was never a favorite tho because of the super thin reticle. The 3.5-10x44 was probably the best all around scope Meopta made. I have read good things about the older Bushy elites. And the Sightrons. Never owned either. And can't recommend a Leupold for anything other than a paperweight or fishing sinker. At least none of the newer stuff

I don’t think any of these would disappoint for deer under 500 yards with an accurate 7mm RM - the best caliber I’ve seen for instant deer death.

Glass & reticle
Meopta
Leupold
Sightron

Not a Bushnell fan based on performance is scope rangefinder & haven’t looked through a 4200. I had a vx3 1” 4.5-14x50 on my old Ruger 77 & it looked great & shot well swapped it to an 25-06 to replace an crummy scope and put a Zeiss V4 on it instead. Doesn’t look as sharp but extends the rage & accuracy.