Bausch & Lomb scope?

[trapperjohn]

I just picked up a scope very cheap and have a few questions.

It is a bausch & lomb 6-24X 40 with an adustable objective from 10 yds to infinity. It also has a rainguard. The reticle is NOT Mil dot, but just a simple dupex crosshair.

1) Is it a decent scope?
2) can it handle the recoil of a 30-06?
3) will it work well for small bore?
4) what is it worth?
5) what, if any, is the relationship between Bausch & lomb, and Bushnell? This scope is clearly marked as B&L, but an internet search yeilds only bushnell scopes of this description.

Any help would be appreciated

 

[Atticus]

I have two B&L's and like them a lot. I actually prefer my 3-9x40 B&L over the 3-9x40 Leupold, as it is a little more bright and clear. I just recently bought the same 6-24X 40 scope that you did... for about $135. Can't beat it for the price. I believe that Bushnell bought B&L's scope business. I don't know for sure... but I'd think it would hold up fine on your '06.

 

[Cindog]

Atticus,

Mind sharing where you got your scope for that price? That's an outstanding deal on a 6-24 with Rainguard. Thanks.

Scott

 

[trapperjohn]

I was wondering If i did good. i paid $25. I think I should feel guilty

 

[Jim K]

B&L sold Bushnell (Japanese) scopes for a while after they stopped making their own scopes. The original B&L scopes had no internal adjustment and had to be used with B&L mounts which contained the adjustments. One advantage was that a scope could be moved from one rifle to another without losing zero, since the zero was in the mount, which stayed with the rifle.

Jim

 

[uglygun]

The B&L Elite 4000 and 4200 in 6-24 are decent scopes with two vices as I see it....

First is that it has relatively little internal adjustment for elevation, from one extreme to the other extreme I think it's only something like 32-36MOA which is VERY LITTLE and after initial sight in you may wind up with only 12-15 useable MOA for elevation for shooting to longer ranges. This can effect your ability to shoot out to beyond 500 yards which makes this scope less ideal for varminting like it's 24x magnification would suggest.


Second, the scope is a LONG sucker. Reaching way out there to turn that objective is a PITA and if you get your hands on something like a Nightforce or Leupold Long Range with a turret type parallax adjustment, you'll be spoiled for life.



The things that are nice about the B&L Elite 4000/4200(now under Bushnell banner) is that the 6-24 has 1/8MOA adjustments for hair splitting zeroing. The optics are very clear which is also nice. It's a decent value at the going rate of around 200 dollars when I tend to see the things new.


For 25 bucks, it's a steal.

 

[Coltdriver]

You did steal it! Good Going!

I have the little brother to your scope, a B & L 3200 that is a 3x9 40. It was about $250. I am sure the 4000 series was up in the $300 range. That is street price and full retail is probably up around $500

They are excellent scopes with great optics.

Now they are Bushnell. I don't know if the Bushnells are comparable as I have no experience with them.

I got mine as one of those scopes that would be as much as I could stand to pay for. Its a keeper and gets moved between a couple of hunting rifles.

 

[uglygun]

I recently bought a Bushnell Elite 3200 10x Mildot simply to have a cheap scope for getting used to ranging with mildots while also having a scope for working up loads for my 300WinMag.

Roughly 200 rounds through the 300WinMag and the scope is good to go. It's providing accurate ranging(testing against a GPS unit as well as calibrated distances at a range) and it's clicks are accurate and repeatable.

I feel the B&L banner just got dropped and everything was collected up by the Bushnell name.

The Elite 3200 10x is a good scope for the money, roughly 200 bucks new from most of the online places. I really like the thing and when I rebuild my 300WinMag the little B&L 10x is going on my 20inch AR to serve a DM/Spotter's role.

The Bushnell 4200 6-24x specifications are identical to the previous B&L 4000/4200 models.

 

[WhiteKnight]

First is that it has relatively little internal adjustment for elevation, from one extreme to the other extreme I think it's only something like 32-36MOA which is VERY LITTLE and after initial sight in you may wind up with only 12-15 useable MOA for elevation for shooting to longer ranges. This can effect your ability to shoot out to beyond 500 yards which makes this scope less ideal for varminting like it's 24x magnification would suggest

That's the truth! I had to purchase Burris Signature Zees for my 10/22 just because I couldn't get the thing within 10 inches of the bullseye at 50 yards with the 6-24x model until I used the plastic inserts to give me about 20 moa. :banghead: