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Elite 3200, Will It Handle Recoil?
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I have the Bushnell Elite 3200 10x wannabe tactical scope. It's been on my AR since I bought it. It's a great scope!
It's the time or year when I head over to Central Oregon to play in the desert. I robbed the 4.5x14x40 Nikon Buckmaster off the 300 Weatherby and installed it on my AR.

Now I had a rifle with no scope on it. A situation not tolerated here.
I went ahead and put the Elite 3200 on the 300 Weatherby in Warne mounts.

It has enough eye relief to avoid eye bash.

I'm thinking that because it's a fixed power scope, it should handle recoil just fine.
Does anyone have any experience with this scope on a heavy kicker?


OK, I know a 300 WBY is a mouse gun around here, but the rifle kicks hard off the bench. It already trashed one scope.

Thanks in advance.

ZM
 
Posts: 655 | Location: Oregon Monsoon Central | Registered: 06 March 2004Reply With Quote
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i had one on my 458 lott and it held up just fine. i put about 200 rounds through it before i sold the rifle/scope.
 
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Mounted properly, it will do just fine.


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Zeke,

You have good words to say about the 3200 fixed 10x scope. I'm looking for a fixed 10x now, and see that Weaver also makes a fixed 10x. Do you by any chance know anything about the Weaver, and how it stacks up against the 3200?

Thanks in advance.

Don




 
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I can't speak about a modern Weaver. My Weaver is an old El Paso steel tubed K4.

My Elite 3200 spends most of it's time on my AR15. It's a really good match for the gun and I like it a lot. For the money it can't be beat.

But I need a variable for Central Oregon so I'm playing a round of musical scopes.

Elite 3200 10x on my AR15

 
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My 300 WSM trashed a Bushnell Elite 3200 3x9x40, sent it off got a replacement from Bushnell. No charge to me and its going back on my 300 WSM. If this dose the same thing as the last one Im going to get a Leupold. Oh and it was after 120 or so rounds went thru it.


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have a friend who ,in Alaska had a broken scope. He bought a Bushnell Trophy! and put it on a 338 or 416 ,cant remember which. worked fine and is still on gun SO that 3200 will be fine
 
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had one on a 470 - worked fine
 
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