BSA Torture Test!!!

[Dave Markowitz]

I had a BSA red dot on a Marlin Camp 45. It failed after about 110 rounds.

 

[dogrunner]

Had one that the reostat failed on....sent it back & they replaced it.

Number two failed when the internal lens detached itself. I just turned the front housing off and epoxied that glass back....so far its held up.

Mine's mounted on a .22 Hornet/.410 M/6.

 

[SamG.]

That's a shame!

 

[Clipper]

You give a flat no as one choice, but only a conditional yes, as a plinker. That's not an honest poll...

I have one on a carbine that I use for whatever I use that carbine for. I sure wouldn't limit it to plinking.

 

[LJH]

I really liked your testing, do you by chance work for American Tourister?

 

[SamG.]

Thanks! I don't work for them though.

 

[SamG.]

They're pretty good scopes but for something serious I would get an Aimpiont, EOtech or a Vortex Strikefire.

 

[SamG.]

Pretty DEcent

 

[CHEVELLE427]

BSA red dot

I PICKED UP a new BSA red dot at a flea market for $5.00. Put it on my DESERT EAGLE 50 (only had 5 bucks to lose) it held up good. put around 50 rounds through it no problems took it off because it looked dumb on the DE.
HAD ANOTHER (SQ.) RED DOT forget the brand but it looked high $$$ .put it on the 50 and it lasted 5 rounds. Still lights up but the power dial free spins.

so the BSA red dot can hold its own for the price

 

[SamG.]

I agree, it's not an aimpoint but it's great for the range

 

[testify4]

I picked up a couple cheap BSA Holosights on a deep discount. I've been happy with their performance on my 10/22. I figure "you get what you pay for" and the reviews on the website I bought it from back that up. I wouldn't be awed that a $30 sight lasted for one shot from a .454 Casull like some of the disappointed reviewers are.

 

[rondog]

I just bought a Hi-Point .40 carbine for fun plinking. I noticed on their accessories site they offer a BSA red-dot sight that looks to be the same thing as this...is it? It was priced around $35, would that be a good thing to have?

I haven't fired the carbine yet, nor have I ever used a red-dot sight, so I'm not sure what to look for. Again, this gun is just for cans and targets, all under 100 yards.

Thanks! I'm still quite a newbie actually.

 

[SamG.]

It would probably be pretty good for what you're using it for.

 

[rondog]

I just ordered a 50mm BSA red-dot sight from Sportsman's Guide this morning. I think it was $34.95 total, on sale. I'm not a member, so didn't get the discount.

Guess I'll find out how good it is.

 

[SamG.]

I think that you will be happy with it. Please reply about it when you recieve it, thank's

 

[Caimlas]

I'm pretty sure that the "abuseability" of the optics isn't the problem. It's the QC and consistency. 4 out of 5 might be able to withstand that, but it's the 1 out of 10 that's crap out of the box, or the 1 out of ten that goes out of zero at the most inconvenient time that's the problem.

Though, compared to (say) a Tasco, they seem like they're decent enough quality!

 

[SageMonkey]

I would be more worried about loss of zero than how it stands up to a beating with a hammer. And I would worry that over time recoil would shake the innards enough to cause a loss of zero. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the majority of them never lose their zero or otherwise fail, but I could never trust it not to... see that a lot with Chinese junk- quality varies too much between samples to really ever trust the whole lot of it.

I guess maybe for a really cheap plinker in a low recoiling caliber, but I wouldn't put junk glass on a good gun. And I wouldn't put it on a gun I might ever have to rely on.

 

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[SamG.]

I agree with both "Sagemonkey" and "Caimlas" I was only doing this test to see how much a cheep scope could withstand and still be operable, I don't know the longterm strengh of it.

 

[Valkman]

Many of the guys I know who have very expensive full auto stuff have the cheapest red dots they can find on top of them.

I sheepishly told a guy one day that the red dot on my $7k Uzi cost like $30 and he said he's never spent THAT much! We were laughing about it as he was shooting a M16 at the time.

 

[carrottop432]

I had a BSA 3-9x40 on my 45-70 for a long time. Held up to hundreds of factory loads. Once I started handloading 500 grain bullets, however, the strain was more than it could bear. I'd happily buy another one, though.

 

[HGUNHNTR]

My problem with BSA is not neccesarily durability, it is poor quality. I don't like their performance new out of the box, let alone in an abused condition. You can do a lot better than BSA.

 

[rondog]

I think that you will be happy with it. Please reply about it when you receive it.

Sorry, didn't see this. I have received it, and it seems to be quite cool! I haven't shot with it yet though. I'm wondering if I should have got the smaller one rather than the 50mm, it's pretty damn big. I'm going to have to get a different gun case.

My problem with BSA is not neccesarily durability, it is poor quality. I don't like their performance new out of the box, let alone in an abused condition. You can do a lot better than BSA.

Yes, I'm sure I could do a lot better than BSA. But I wanted it for a $190 Hi-Point .40 carbine, just for target and can shooting. I'm not using it for hunting or close quarters urban combat.

 

[SamG.]

I just wanted to clear some things up on my thread;
I only did this test to show the durability of a $30, cheap red-dot scope. I do NOT reccomend this for any use other than sporting, if you want something more get a scope that costs more.
Please post if you have any experiences /comments with BSA scopes we would love to hear some stories
Thank's,
Sam