Bushnell Banner or Tasco

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There are some good scopes out there under $300.
I think scopes have just got out of hand over the years,I never pay more for
a scope than the rifle (crazy)and the prices now for some American scopes
ridiculous for what we have to pay here.
You can get a scope to handle the recoil of a 50bmg ,but a spring powered air rifle can turn it into crap under 100 rounds.
Pick a scope your comfortable with, it's like blue ray and dvd hd unless you compare one after the other you won't know the difference when you are hunting.

[Garth]

Don't buy any of those junk save get a good scope.I have brought cheap crap for ages .spent more than a good scopes worth should done it from day one

[TBJ]

Out of Tasco and Bushnell I personally would go Bushnell every time, having used both but as many have said I would save up and buy a nice scope you'll save money in the long run guaranteed

[bladeracer]

Out of Tasco and Bushnell I personally would go Bushnell every time, having used both but as many have said I would save up and buy a nice scope you'll save money in the long run guaranteed

It depends on the specific model - both do crap models and very good models. Bushnell Banner though isn't worth much more than the $60 or so that you pay on Ebay. They do serve a purpose though. I put an old $60 Banner 6-24x40 on my brother's Anschutz 64 to rule out his Nikko Sterling as a problem. Works just fine for daylight range work. Once I can get the rifle shooting like it should then he'll chase up something better for it.

[TBJ]

It depends on the specific model - both do crap models and very good models. Bushnell Banner though isn't worth much more than the $60 or so that you pay on Ebay. They do serve a purpose though. I put an old $60 Banner 6-24x40 on my brother's Anschutz 64 to rule out his Nikko Sterling as a problem. Works just fine for daylight range work. Once I can get the rifle shooting like it should then he'll chase up something better for it.

Without a doubt there will always be crap scopes as long as people will buy them sadly, a cheapo scope may appear to work at the range in daylight but it may not hold zero very well and the windage adjustments probably wont be as accurate as they could be but each to their own, Personally I believe the minimum you should spend on a scope is around 50% of the cost of the rifle with optimum being the same or more, in order to maximise the rifles potential, to the OP I really think you should wait and buy a quality scope either new or have you considered buying a used scope? In terms of ebay I would never buy a scope from ebay as there is a surprising number of really terrible fakes of all brands including Bushnell around and when I say terrible I mean I would probably be better to use no scope with no iron sights

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Without a doubt there will always be crap scopes as long as people will buy them sadly, a cheapo scope may appear to work at the range in daylight but it may not hold zero very well and the windage adjustments probably wont be as accurate as they could be but each to their own, Personally I believe the minimum you should spend on a scope is around 50% of the cost of the rifle with optimum being the same or more, in order to maximise the rifles potential, to the OP I really think you should wait and buy a quality scope either new or have you considered buying a used scope? In terms of ebay I would never buy a scope from ebay as there is a surprising number of really terrible fakes of all brands including Bushnell around and when I say terrible I mean I would probably be better to use no scope with no iron sights

People will only keep buying them if they do the job expected of them.
Price is no guarantee of quality, never was, never will be. People will only keep buying over-priced scopes if people keep telling them they have to.

There are plenty of excellent low-priced scopes on the market for those of us that own more than one rifle or simply prefer to spend our money on other things than scopes. $1000 scope, or a $300 scope and $700 of ammo? I know what I'd pick
I can live with $2500 worth of scopes in my safes, but not $10,000 worth - I have much better uses for that money. I heard the Ruger American 450 Bushman arrives in a few weeks for example

I see no value at all in putting a $500+ scope on a deer rifle or big game rifle that is going to make a few dozen shots per year. A varmint, plinking or target rifle deserves a good quality scope to get the most of the huge amount of ammo you'll put through it, but most of their use is in good light anyway.