Bushnell Elite 6500

[Deker 3,478]

For some reason I am getting it into my head to buy one of these, Bushnell Elite 6500 4.5-30x50 Mildot..

 

Does anyone own or have first hand experience of any of the 6500 range or specifically this one of course.

 

Your views, good, bad or whatever appreciated.

 

Cheers

[mattydski 560]

Have shot its smaller brother on a Barnard 308, very good glass. I did consider on my self before my latest Zeiss and leupold purchases. I am shooting it again on Sunday I'll check with its owner for any caveats.

[danebrewer10 6]

I haven't had any experience of them myself, - here's a review of it's smaller brother on gunmart http://gunmart.net/accessories_review/bushnell_elite_6500_2.5-16x42/

 

DB

[firepower 68]

Not that particular one but I have a 3-9x40 Dusk till Dawn one on my .243, could do with a slightly higher magnification for 200+ shots but the optics are spot on

[jamie g 17]

i have shot a sako quad hmr with one on deker. very nice and good glass. abit foggy on anything over 20 mag i found and not keen on the mildot recticl. if it was the normal 30/30 rectial then i would have one. but for the cash new you could get a zeiss conquest.

[Deker 3,478]

Thanks all!

 

More thought needeed I recon, I'll keep you up to speed if I get one.

 

Cheers

[SEAN3513 7]

just to add

 

glass is excellent

 

and as stated a bit cloudy at high mag...............and i found the eye releif poor when on the lamp.

 

cheers

 

sean

[Mr_Logic 5]

Excellent glass is not cloudy at high mag...

 

Personally for the money I think there are better scopes to be had - Bushnell's 4200 series is better VFM IMHO - similar glass without the massive mag range, and much cheaper.

[theinvisiblescarecrow 0]

I've got the smaller 42mm version & rate it highly.

Not lamped with it yet though.

A friend come around the other day & looked through a few scopes & prefered his AGS 3-9x40 scope over the 6500, WTC & EB 10x42 ?????

[jamie g 17]

its really hard to see what a scope is like just buy looking thorugh two. it only when you have used it for a bit then gone back to the other that you see difference.

 

of course this dont help as you can take one from a shop for a couple of months then take it back lol

[jnw010 0]

I've got the 2.5 to 16 x42 with the mildot reticule and I've got no complaints. Glass is clear with a sharp image, and overall it seems well put together.