NIKON Buckmaster scopes

salzo

I am thinking about a Nikon Buckmaster 4.5 x 14 x 40 AO scope to put on a remington 700 sendero in 270 caliber. Has anyone had experience with them? I have also looked at Leupold Vari X II's, but since they are discontinuing the line, am leery of getting in the middle of that. Any insight would be appreciated.

salzo

I have been using tasco world scopes, and have been considering "moving up" to a better scope. How is the Nikon Buckmaster? I have heard that Nikon makes a good scope, but it seems the Buckmaster is a lot less than their other scopes, and I am wondering if the Buckmaster wouldnt be much better than the Tasco world class.
How do they compare next to each other?
Thanks

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bama55

I do not have personal experience with the Buckmaster scope.
The only thing I know about them is last year, just
before deer season (early Nov.), a local sporting goods
store had two guys mounting scopes for customers
(and they were way behind). 99% of the scopes were the Buckmaster.
They said that the Buckmaster was outselling any/all
of their other brands. I believe he said they had
sold like 200 of them in a month. Also, this is
a pretty big store I am referring to.
I use the Tasco World Class on my .22's, and a Leupold on my
.270.

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groundhog devastation

Nikon Buckmaster is not equal to Nikon MONARCH but is so far ahead of TRASHCO that it's not funny!!! Had a 3x9 TRASHCO World Class elevation turret come completely off tonight while bore sighting a rifle!!! Tomorrow the rifle will have a Nikon Buckmaster 3x9 on it!!! As of 5/28/02 Trashco will not replace a defective scope. You have to send it to another company in Miami for fixing. After 8/8/02 you can't even do that!!! So send all the broken TRASHCOS in before the deadline!! Nikon has a lmited lifetime warranty also but it doesn't get used much!! GHD

bikrprchr

I have a Buckmaster 4.5 x 14 x 40 AO that lives on a .270 Remington 700 Sendero, and I love it. I checked out several "higher" priced scopes before purchasing. It does not have the features of the Leupold 6.5 x 20 x 50 Longrange Target scope on my .300 mag, but it did not carry the $750.00 price tag either. Bottom line, no regrets. Good luck in your search

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bigdog1

Go with the Nikon. If you can scrape up some extra cash get the Monarch series. Any Nikon is better than Tasco. Put a "pronghorn 3x9 of my pet 10-22. after less than one full magazine(10 rds), the recticle moved inside of the scope. Maybe I can sell it to one of those Malcolm X types since that is exactly what I see when I look through the POS. Instead of a crosshair, I now have an "X". That is after less than 10 rounds of a brutally recoiling 10-22 LR!!!! No wonder they went out of business. Total Crap!!!

He Dog

Salzo, my suggestion would be go with Nikon, but save a little longer and go with the Monarch. The fully multi-coated optics will pay for themselves in increased light transmission. They really are scopes of Leupold quality. My first choice is Burris, but Nikons run a close second.

dannej

I had a Nikon Buckmaster and found that it was a bit fragile as to keeping the sight zeroed. I stumbled while hunting and jarred the rifle, like dropping it flat on the ground from about 18 inches in the air. I didn't check the zero and found out later, the hard way it was knocked off to the point it shot eight feet to the left at about 150 yards. I talked to two other guys that year who had the Buckmaster and both had sold them because they "were hard to keep zeroed".

bullelk

Salzo,
I have an older Nikon 2-7 on one of my rifles and it's an alright scope. I'm really not too crazy about it.

I don't know how your finances are, but I would look at the new Zeiss Conquest 3-9X40. They can be had for around $399.00. I am very prejudice towards Zeiss. As far as I'm concerned, they are one of the finest scopes on the market.



Edited by - bullelk on 07/20/2002 20:31:03

martzkj@msn.com

I have one a 280 and like it, however you can have a new leupold VXI for the same price. Does anyone have any input on the new VXI yet.

bullelk

martzkj.
You have a new Zeiss Conquest? And do you feel it's a good bargain at $399.00?

dheffley

Hey Buddy,

Once you go with a real high quality scope, you'll never go back, and you'll wonder why you ever used a cheap one. I've even been known to swap scopes on a rifle before I traded it off just to keep my great scopes. Some real good info here.

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bullelk

I am slowly and as I can afford to, upgrading all my scopes to Zeiss and Schmidt & Bender. I now have a Schmidt & Bender 1.5-6x42 on my Rem 700 carbine.
I recently bought a Zeiss Z/A 1.5-6x42 from an auction sight. Trying to decide what rifle to put that one on. And I would like to put a Schmidt & Bender 3-12x50 or a Zeiss 2.5-10x50 on my Weatherby. Hard to decide which one.
These scopes have excellent optics and are very sharp and clear.

You know Guys, if you really shop around, you can find some good buys out there on Excellent used German scopes. The top brands carry transferable lifetime warrantys. Keep an eye out on the auctions.

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