jhco
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looking at a bsa sweet 17 scope 6-18x 40
anybody use one of these if so is it any good. i want to mount it on a marlin 917 vsf
anybody use one of these if so is it any good. i want to mount it on a marlin 917 vsf
bsa sweet 17 scope ?
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I have a sweet 17 on my Savage. I have mixed feelings about it. It is clear enough, and has held up. I just have an issue with the top turret, it is too easy to move. Last year I went squirell hunitng, and when I pulled my rifle out of the case, and noticed it had moved. I put it back on the zero setting, and went hunting. I was 0/7 at the end of the day so I stopped at the range on the way home. It was shooting waaaay high. I thought the drum only turned 1/4 revolution. It in fact had turned 1 1/4 revolution. Not too bad of an issue, but defintiely something to consider.
Other than that, it works great. The drop compensator is true out to at least 200 yards. I have never shot it further than that, and that has just been plinking at the range. Good luck
Other than that, it works great. The drop compensator is true out to at least 200 yards. I have never shot it further than that, and that has just been plinking at the range. Good luck
skinewmexico
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The ones they tested on Savageshooters crapped out after about 6 months. I've heard that Pentax makes a 6x mildot that is nice, and the dots range almost perfectly for the 17.
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Txhillbilly
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I have 2 Sweet 22 scopes a 6x18 on my 10/22 T and a 3x9 on my Savage 93 22WMR, and a Sweet 223 on my AR15. I have not had any problems out of these scopes and they are dead on when used correctly. The set screws did come loose on the 223,but I probably did not tighten them down enough at first and have not come loose since. I bought these scopes not for the price, but for what they do well. BSA makes a good product,but just like everything else people bad mouth them because they are cheaper priced than others. I can't see spending several hundred dollars on a scope for a gun that is only going to be used every so often out in the field. If it was going to be used every day or in a situation where your life may depend on it I can see having top quality optics on a gun. I do have a couple of high end Nikon scopes on my big game rifles,but then common sense tells you that a lower priced scope will not handle the recoil of a large caliber gun.
rangerruck
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I tried BSA twice.... TWICE, and I knew better. There is a saying over on
rimfirecentral, " If it says BSA, then run away!"
rimfirecentral, " If it says BSA, then run away!"
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