Simmons Whitetail Classic 6.5-20x50

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Anyone have one of these? What's your opinion on it? I'm looking at the ones Midway has on sale.

I'm considering one and if I get it do a little scope swapping. One of my rifles that I target shoot with 99% of the time and just use hunting rarely is wearing a Burris Fullfield II 4.5-14x40 and I love it. However, my main deer rifle is wearing a Nikon Monarch 3-9x40 and while I like the Monarch, I'm not happy with the magnification range. I shoot this at the range a lot also and at 4-500 yards fairly often. I never use it below 5x when hunting and I'm not sure that I have ever shot with it at any less, and when I'm at the range with it I want a lot more than 9x.

I was thinking of replacing the Burris with this WTC scope, and putting the Burris on my deer rifle, and then I'm sure I could sell the Monarch for more than the WTC costs.

My biggest concern is I don't want to buy the WTC only to have it fail in 5 years and have to buy another one.

The only experience I've had with one is a buddy has one and I've gotten to look through it. The glass is impressive for the price, and he likes his. However, he is very rough on it often dropping it, but that being said I've noticed that each year when he checks it to sight it in to hunt with it's often way off. However, it seems to stay zeroed for him until he drops it, and then it seems to get knocked off, which could bet the scope or may just be his rings shifting or something it's hard to tell. Overall he is happy with it though, and I don't think anything in the $500 and under price range would hold up to the abuse he puts it through and not shift zero.


So what are your experiences with it? I'm not sure if I should get one, or just buy another FFII or something one of the Vipers in 6.5-20x44 for the extra money.
 
If you want the best Simmons glass for around a 100 bucks. Go to Ebay & look for the Aetech 2.8-12 X 44 scopes made in the Philippines. The Phill scopes will have the gold inlay on the sides on the front of the scope. Japan made ones will not

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Ive got one on my 7mm, if they werent so damn big they would likely be on most of my rifles. I had a japan made Aetec, and it never held zero or tracked propertly, friend of mine took it and sent it back i think. I havnt heard anything from him since so i have no idea if they fixed it for him or not.
 
Midway USA keeps em on "sale" I sure wouldnt pay their "regular price" I got one on my Savage 93 .17hmr and it works good, I wouldnt use it on a rifle that has much of a recoil.limit it to .22s and below.
 
The big whitetail classic scope keeps zero well but the optic clarity and light transmission are terrible! Save your money and get a Nikon with higher magnification! You would be crazy to replace a Burris or Nikon with this scope!
 
i bought one for part time duty on an ar15 and liked them so much i bought 5 more exactly like it.

2 for me, one on an ar, and one on a heavy barreled target 22.

and then set my brother and my son up with identical setups.

i bought the mil-dot versions. they were on sale for around 120 bux marked down (supposedly) from about 250
 
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