Author: Roy Finn
Subject: A plea to Bushnell for the 4500/3500 scopes
Posted: April/13/2015 at 10:41
I've used illuminated reticles myself, but what I'm looking for is a nice reticle that doesn't get short changed by optics that still allow you to see your game animal, but you can't make the shot because the reticle is to thin to see well enough. The two biggest complaints I hear about scopes these days, especially because glass in general keeps getting better, are.........." it's reticle is to thin and I wish it had more eye relief......".
Maybe we can get JGRaider to post up some of his through the scope pics he has of various scopes he owns, one being a pic of a Z-Plex reticle.
All the scope companies seem to be working hard on capturing their piece of the tactical scope market. Bushnell deserves great praise for what they did for the long range guys by going to Pat Sinclair and George Gardner of GA Precision for their advise on a perfect long range hunting scope. The end result was the new Bushnell LRHS that had all the features both those gentlemen suggested to make the perfect tool for getting that job done. What I'm trying to do is to remind them and others, not to forget about us everyday hunters who don't shoot at game in the next zip code, non turret spinners that just want a solid, reliable scope that has more eye relief to address the raising popularity of light weight rifles that recoil more, and a reticle that isn't handicapped by the better glass we're seeing more and more of. Bushnell already has the scope, the 2.5-10 x 40 so they can address the reticle issue easily. They already know that hunters want more ER as evidenced by their 6500 line, so lets try and give them a big nudge and let them know what hunters are really wanting ! ! !
PS, I'm not looking at a scope with a 50mm objective lens. That creates more problems than it solves.
Subject: A plea to Bushnell for the 4500/3500 scopes
Posted: April/13/2015 at 10:41
I've used illuminated reticles myself, but what I'm looking for is a nice reticle that doesn't get short changed by optics that still allow you to see your game animal, but you can't make the shot because the reticle is to thin to see well enough. The two biggest complaints I hear about scopes these days, especially because glass in general keeps getting better, are.........." it's reticle is to thin and I wish it had more eye relief......".
Maybe we can get JGRaider to post up some of his through the scope pics he has of various scopes he owns, one being a pic of a Z-Plex reticle.
All the scope companies seem to be working hard on capturing their piece of the tactical scope market. Bushnell deserves great praise for what they did for the long range guys by going to Pat Sinclair and George Gardner of GA Precision for their advise on a perfect long range hunting scope. The end result was the new Bushnell LRHS that had all the features both those gentlemen suggested to make the perfect tool for getting that job done. What I'm trying to do is to remind them and others, not to forget about us everyday hunters who don't shoot at game in the next zip code, non turret spinners that just want a solid, reliable scope that has more eye relief to address the raising popularity of light weight rifles that recoil more, and a reticle that isn't handicapped by the better glass we're seeing more and more of. Bushnell already has the scope, the 2.5-10 x 40 so they can address the reticle issue easily. They already know that hunters want more ER as evidenced by their 6500 line, so lets try and give them a big nudge and let them know what hunters are really wanting ! ! !
PS, I'm not looking at a scope with a 50mm objective lens. That creates more problems than it solves.