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Help me pick a scope, Bushnell Elite or Leupold VXI or Nikon
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<blockquote data-quote="Niles Coyote" data-source="post: 201125" data-attributes="member: 11118"><p>I tested 4 scopes side by side a while ago. They were the leupold Mk4 3.5-10x40sf, Mk4 4.5-14x50sf, Nikon monarch gold 2.5-10x44sf, bushnell elite 3200 5-15x40 tactical AO.</p><p> </p><p>I was testing the clarity and light gathering of each, not recoil performance, but I'll share what I found. </p><p> </p><p>Testing was conducted at 125 yards using a near by tree line as my target. I wanted to see what difference these scopes would have in the image color quality and difinition/resolution at different levels of daylight.</p><p>I tested at 5x and 10x.</p><p>All the scopes proformed equally well, giving proper colors of the leaves (this was durring the fall, so I had several different colors to choose from). Durring the last 10 minutes of the testing (as daylight was diminishing) the bushnell could no longer give good detail/difinition on the leaves and twigs, only the nikon and leupold with the 50mm odjective continued to preform well. At the end it was a toss up between which was better the Leupold Mk4 4.5-14x50sf or Nikon gold monarch 2.5-10x44sf. </p><p> </p><p>All of these have proven to me to track well at the range durring box testing. I like the nikons adjustments the best, they just seem to "click and feel" better than the others. If only I could swap out the turrets and covers with a exposed turret like my other tacticals have.....</p><p> </p><p>For the money I think Nikon is the way to go. But if you are not shooting in low light conditions the bushnell is just as good. But thats just my 2 cents...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Niles Coyote, post: 201125, member: 11118"] I tested 4 scopes side by side a while ago. They were the leupold Mk4 3.5-10x40sf, Mk4 4.5-14x50sf, Nikon monarch gold 2.5-10x44sf, bushnell elite 3200 5-15x40 tactical AO. I was testing the clarity and light gathering of each, not recoil performance, but I'll share what I found. Testing was conducted at 125 yards using a near by tree line as my target. I wanted to see what difference these scopes would have in the image color quality and difinition/resolution at different levels of daylight. I tested at 5x and 10x. All the scopes proformed equally well, giving proper colors of the leaves (this was durring the fall, so I had several different colors to choose from). Durring the last 10 minutes of the testing (as daylight was diminishing) the bushnell could no longer give good detail/difinition on the leaves and twigs, only the nikon and leupold with the 50mm odjective continued to preform well. At the end it was a toss up between which was better the Leupold Mk4 4.5-14x50sf or Nikon gold monarch 2.5-10x44sf. All of these have proven to me to track well at the range durring box testing. I like the nikons adjustments the best, they just seem to "click and feel" better than the others. If only I could swap out the turrets and covers with a exposed turret like my other tacticals have..... For the money I think Nikon is the way to go. But if you are not shooting in low light conditions the bushnell is just as good. But thats just my 2 cents... [/QUOTE]
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