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bec scope

grizzclawgrizzclaw Member Posts: 1,159 ✭✭
edited June 2002 in Ask the Experts
I just wanted to pass on some info on a BEC scope I recently bought. I got the 3x9x42 compact, it had poor clairity, and really short eye relief. It's really nice looking, and it has a lifetime warrenty, but I couldn't get it mounted back far enough on my PCR, and when I adjusted the eyepiece it wouldn't give me a clear enough picture to see holes in my target at 30yds. Don't get me wrong, I'm not whining, I just wanted to let anyone know if you were thinking of trying one of these scopes, that the price is inviting, but you get what you pay for, and if you want a scope that you can kill varmints with at intermediate yardage or farther, this isn't the scope to buy.

Thanks, Grizztribefans@sssnet.com
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the information,but I learned as you did the hard way.

    Good luck

    Rugster
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have one on my Colt M4, it fit fine, no problems, I like it. Mines not a 3-9 though, its a 4x20 I got from TAPCO for $40.

    If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

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  • grizzclawgrizzclaw Member Posts: 1,159 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lee, thats what I paid for mine through CDNN, it's a nice scope, I just really had to stretch to get it not to fuzzball. If it wasn't doing that, then I couldn't see where I was hitting, it made it tough on sighting in. I've got a simmons 4x12x40 AO on it that allows me to aim at the hole I just made. I sacraficed the compactness of the Bec, for the ability to hit cleaner with the Simmons. The Bec is fine for close in, or large targets, but I like the challenge of small targets at long range, and I personally couldn't get the job done with the Compact Bec. I even cut an extra groove in the back of my mount to get the scope closer to the rear of the rifle, and it didn't help. I think I must have a really short LOP, but even when I really stretched to make it clear, my eye was right at the eyepiece, way to close for a larger caliber rifle or a shotgun.

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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd send it back to CDNN, and get another one, sounds like somethings wrong. They are cheap scopes, and I might have just gotten the jewel in the rough, but I would definatly send that puppy back and at least get my $40 back from them.

    If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Particularly with optics, you get what you pay for. I don't understand buying a $500+ rifle and putting a $40 scope on it. You just made it a $40 rifle.
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  • grizzclawgrizzclaw Member Posts: 1,159 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    What don't you understand? Are you rich? I spent my money on the rifle, and figured I'd give the Bec a try. Shows what you know, I spent more than $500 on the rifle anyway. I've got a free simmons on it now and I'm sure I could hit you at 300yds with my $40 rifle. If you don't have a helpful comment why don't you mind your own business he dog. I don't much care for a punk that talks down to me. Do you ever look for good deals, or do you just pay for the most expensive. I try to buy low and make something work for me, this was one time it didn't work so I was just trying to pass on some helpful info Hot dog.

    Thanks, Grizztribefans@sssnet.com
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I put one on my M4 just for the fun of it. It didn't degrade the value of it, and I actually get tighter groups at longer ranges than I would with open sights. So it was worth the $40.

    I do agree with the cheap optics on a good gun, makes a cheap shot, but were not exactly talking about a sub-MOA shooter to begin with anyway. (I'm talking about my M4, don't know what the other guy mounted his on)



    If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

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  • grizzclawgrizzclaw Member Posts: 1,159 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I put mine on an Oly pcr 02 w/16 inch hb. Sorry I got bent outta shape on that one. I think I'm gonna just see if someone else wants the Bec. The Oly shoots better than my m4 did, but then my m4 was used when I bought it. I don't have the m4 anymore, I sold it so I could buy something else.

    Thanks, Grizztribefans@sssnet.com
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Grizzclaw, I apologize! I did not mean to ruffle your fur. No, I am not rich but I am patient and have saved for over a year for a good scope (Burris, Leupold, Nikon etc., not Schmidt & Bender or Swarovski). I learned the same way with a couple of Bushnell scopes. Again, Sorry!
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  • grizzclawgrizzclaw Member Posts: 1,159 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    He dog, yea me too, I'm quick to pop off, you would think that after 46yrs I would have learned some control. Don't be reserved because of something I said, you've been here alot longer than me. Take care, and keep your comments coming.

    Thanks, Grizztribefans@sssnet.com
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