Burris 10x is close but just not there. Eye relief is too critical and not enough x's....

Rifle scopes on a pistol is such a compromise.....

BTW Sean, before you blast me i want a true extended eye relief scope!!

I agree, it's very frustrating. I just keep looking forward to the day that someone recognizes the need. It seems like long range handgunning is growing in popularity, so who knows? I use the 12x Burris on mine because it was the highest power EER scope I could find. I'm just not going to try a rifle scope on my .308 pistol, just not gonna do that! I'm afraid I'll soon get to the point that my gun will be more accurate than I can shoot with that scope.

Though the lesser the eye relief, the more accurate it will be. The farther away your eye, the more critical eye alignment is. A perfect center eye alignment is the hardest thing next to a consistant grip, that a scoped handgunner faces. That's what makes a pistol scope harder to shoot accurateely with. That's why I've made my past remarks about shoting rifle scopes against pistol scopes in the postal matches. It has nothing to do with magnification, but with alignment. I think an average shooter with a 4x rifles scope can easly outshoot another shooter (of the same skill level and equipment) with a 7x pistol scope. Based on the center eye alignment alone.... it's critical , and hard to do with a long eye relief scope, and simple (almost hard to do wrong) with a rifle scope.

With a true long eye relief scope of high magnificatiion, you'd rings and a mount with lots of adjustment, cause that window of propper eye relief/sight picture will be so small you'd have to have everything perfect.
(If ya got long arms, or don't shoot off a bench forget about it.....)

I too wish someone would make a higher power pistol scope. I'd like a 15X or 16X with about 8" of eye relief. I use Burris 10's, but want more.
BTW, have any of you guys ever used the 7X AO Simmons? I wonder why they quit making them? They were fine scopes, in my opinion.
I don't personally like a rifle scope on a handgun. Shooting position is too contorted.
Lefty

Hey cas,

The Burris I'm using has parallax adjustment. Doesn't that cure the eye alignment problem? I have mine adjusted so I can move my eye alignment around quite a bit without the crosshairs moving off target, but never tried shots that way. Think I'll have to experiment to make sure I'm not fooling myself.

Savageshooter - I believe that you are correct. As long as the image (target) is focused on the same plane as the crosshairs, then eye alignment isn't really an issue. I think this is a big issue as precision pistol shooting is pushed to longer and longer ranges. This is where Burris has things right and Leupold has dropped the ball.

I think you guys are forgetting that we really are an elite few that shoot pistol's out to the ranges that we do. For Burris and Leupold to design and build a scope with EER in the 10+ power range would not be cost effective for them or us. I think customer demand will have to be much greater for them to listen. It's just about money...not because they love us. I too wish they would make some high x scopes that I could use on the bigger handguns, but I guess I'll have to wait. Maybe one day!! mvm

My new project is going to require some serious "x's" so today i ordered a matte Burris 3-12AO. I should have it by Wednesday of next week. Lookin forward to seeing it!! I hope it is everything that i have read about them!!

MSSMAGNUM, I have had a Burris 3-9 for several years now and it works just fine. I would imagine your 3-12 will be great. Congrats. mvm

MSSmagnum, I have used both the Burris 3x9x32mm AO Handgun Scope and the Burris 3x12x32mm AO Handgun Scope, and IMHO the 3x12x Burris is a little more user friendly than is the 3x9x32mm Burris. However both are great scopes. I have never used a 10x Burris Handgun Scope so can not comment on it.

Larry

Mike,
I really think you will like the 3-12 Burris. I guess you could say I like them-I have 4 of them . I had one on my 284 Win. at the Bower clinic this past May in Alliance, NE and I was very pleased. Deadeyedick also used my XP. He may comment on the scope too if he reads this.
xphunter

Where is the best (read cheapest) place to get a Burris 3-12x pistol scope?

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...of all the darn bad luck!

Anyway, thanks for rubbing my nose in it!