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Hello again campfire shooters!! Thinking about getting a Nikon scope. Am considering the 2x7 shotgun scope they call it however it looks like a good choice for a compact scope. Called Nikon and they say they have a lifetime warranty on new scopes however their refirbished scopes carry only a 90 day warranty which sounds weird. as they make the refirbished like new they say. Any way whats the quality or their scopes and hows the warranty service? They say this scope is made in the Philipines. thanks KC

I have a few Nikon ProStaff 2-7x32s. The only thing "shotgun" about them that I can see is that they have the parallex set at either 50 or 75 yards, I don't recall which, while most "HP rifle" scopes have the parallex set at 150 yards. I have a Nikon ProStaff on a Remington 710 that I bought as a loaner for the deer hunting club that I used to belong to. It got used hard with little effort to "baby" it and the scope has held up fine.

I haven't had any trouble with Nikon scopes, but if you're currently looking for a 2-7x scope, I think that the 2-7x33 Leupold Rifleman that Wal-Mart is closing out for $135+/- is a better choice. The wholesale price for a Nikon ProStaff 2-7x32 with a matte finish is around $100 and you can often buy them on eBay for less than $125. Another good, lower priced, 2-7x scope is the Weaver RV7. The RV7 is a little smaller than the Nikon and it comes in gloss and silver finishes, but not (IIRC) a matte finish.

Jeff