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<blockquote data-quote="benchracer" data-source="post: 805740" data-attributes="member: 22069"><p>I think we agree on this more than it might appear at first blush. You hit the nail on the head when you referred to the Tasco as an ideal scope to use as a stepping stone. I believe this applies to low end scopes in general and quite a few of the mid-range offerings.</p><p> </p><p>Both of the low end scopes I cited as being good values would fall into the same category as the Tasco, in my thinking. Most of the time I mention the BSA, I get a lot of grief in much the same way that grief is being given over the Tasco.</p><p> </p><p>We may differ, however, on what we feel a "stepping stone" scope is for. IMO, any given tool should be matched to its intended purpose and understood with respect to its limitations. A "stepping stone" scope is fine for a rimfire rifle or a varmint rifle in an appliation where you are punching paper or popping varmints or even predators. The shooting is not particularly demanding and the consequences of failure are very mild. A "stepping stone" scope is useful to get trigger time and learn about bullet drop, doping the wind, and marksmanship fundamentals.</p><p> </p><p>I wouldn't trust either the Tasco or the BSA on top of a big game rifle. The Simmons I mentioned I think would be OK on a rifle up to .308 level recoil at normal hunting ranges. You might be able to get away with the Tasco or the BSA at woods ranges from a treestand in the southeast, but neither one of them are legit LONG RANGE scopes for big game.</p><p> </p><p>It costs a certain amount of money to build something from materials of sufficient quality to be repeatable, reliable, and robust and to do so with anything approaching consistent quality control. Add in the fact that there still needs to be some room for profit and, even at Chinese slave labor prices, there is no way that you are getting a quality optical instrument for $100, let alone a legitimate LONG RANGE rifle scope. Anyone makng claims to the contrary is living in fantasy land.</p><p> </p><p>I am always open to being proven wrong. It might be interesting to campaign one of the aforementioned Tasco scopes on top of a .308 for a season of F-T/R matches. It might be even more interesting to do one of each on a .223 and a .308 and report your results.</p><p> </p><p>Any takers?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benchracer, post: 805740, member: 22069"] I think we agree on this more than it might appear at first blush. You hit the nail on the head when you referred to the Tasco as an ideal scope to use as a stepping stone. I believe this applies to low end scopes in general and quite a few of the mid-range offerings. Both of the low end scopes I cited as being good values would fall into the same category as the Tasco, in my thinking. Most of the time I mention the BSA, I get a lot of grief in much the same way that grief is being given over the Tasco. We may differ, however, on what we feel a "stepping stone" scope is for. IMO, any given tool should be matched to its intended purpose and understood with respect to its limitations. A "stepping stone" scope is fine for a rimfire rifle or a varmint rifle in an appliation where you are punching paper or popping varmints or even predators. The shooting is not particularly demanding and the consequences of failure are very mild. A "stepping stone" scope is useful to get trigger time and learn about bullet drop, doping the wind, and marksmanship fundamentals. I wouldn't trust either the Tasco or the BSA on top of a big game rifle. The Simmons I mentioned I think would be OK on a rifle up to .308 level recoil at normal hunting ranges. You might be able to get away with the Tasco or the BSA at woods ranges from a treestand in the southeast, but neither one of them are legit LONG RANGE scopes for big game. It costs a certain amount of money to build something from materials of sufficient quality to be repeatable, reliable, and robust and to do so with anything approaching consistent quality control. Add in the fact that there still needs to be some room for profit and, even at Chinese slave labor prices, there is no way that you are getting a quality optical instrument for $100, let alone a legitimate LONG RANGE rifle scope. Anyone makng claims to the contrary is living in fantasy land. I am always open to being proven wrong. It might be interesting to campaign one of the aforementioned Tasco scopes on top of a .308 for a season of F-T/R matches. It might be even more interesting to do one of each on a .223 and a .308 and report your results. Any takers? [/QUOTE]
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