Burris Fullfield II Scopes

[Brigade Engineer]

I am seeking any thoughts (both poistive and negative) of the Burris Fullfield II scopes. I recently purchased one from Midway, after reading Midway's customer review section, and viewing Burris' website.

After a two week wait (unfortunate timing of a blizzard), I received the scope this week. I opened the package, and truly saw a sight to behold. Clear optics , Balistic Plex, nice finish. And then I saw the "Made in Phillipines" sticker on the erector housing. Now, there is no joy in Mudville, the mighty Casey has struck out.

Today, I called Technical Services division of Burris Optics, and question the lineage of my new scope. After several evasive answers, the tech rep stated the following: Burris scopes are manufactured with American made glass, Philippine tubes, Philippine ercectors, Philippine springs, Philippine
labor ......

He also stated that each Philippine scope was calibrated, and nitrogen purged in the United States. When asked as to the reliablity of the scope the "Forever Warranted" phrase was repeatably used. This truly was not the reassuring words I had hoped for, as I have had scope of Philippine lineage fail under .308 Winchester recoil.

The words "forever warranted" are not reassuring when on the elk hunt of a lifetime my new Philippine scope gets cold feet, and the trophy bull walks away in majesty, not into my freezer.

 

[AH-1]

I got one for christmas this year.I have a friend that has one one his 300 win mag and it is still hanging in there...no problems.clear optics and if it can take the 300 win mag your 308 should be just fine.mine is going on a rem classic in 8X57.
pete

 

[Simple Man]

My dad has the fullfield II on his 270 and it has has been a great scope, it's tough and has bright optics. He had it on a 30-06 before the .270 so it has been used for 4 years now without a single problem and this scope hasn't just sat in a safe either, it has been from one end of the country to the other several times. I wouldn't be afraid to buy one, actually I have been scoping out the deals they are having on them right now.

 

[ArmedBear]

My Fullfield II 3-9x40 works quite well on a .30-06, though it hasn't been across the country many times yet.

AFAIK the Fullfield II is one of the toughest scopes out there, with steel where others use brass internally. Nice optics, nice reticle, nice focus knob, nice price (especially with a free spotting scope or binocs -- I have the binocs and they're great in the field, just big enough to be nice to look through, but not too big to carry in the brush, rubber armored, with flip-down caps built in).

 

[Lonestar.45]

I really like my Fullfield II. Just because it is made in the Phillipines does not make it less of a scope. I haven't heard of any failing at all, to be honest. I'm sure it's happened, but every user review/feedback I've seen anywhere all seems to be glowing. My own personal experience with mine gives me complete confidence in it. YMMV.

As for using it on a hunt of a lifetime, if you don't have a backup rifle on such a hunt anyway you're crazy. You can slip on a rock and break your Zeiss/Swarovski/Leupold scope in half just as easily as your Burris.

 

[kart racer]

I have the pentax version on my 17 hmr and it's been great.No recoil to speak of,but it's going on a centerfire rifle as soon as it gets here.

 

[Brigade Engineer]

Lonestar;

I completely agree as to having a backup rifle, and always have one in my vehicle. Redundancy is a very good thing. I always set my breaching charges as dual prime/dual ignition. Being retired from military service and law enforcement, I have seen too many equipment failures at the worst times. Several nearly cost me my life, one left me disabled.

I might be rather harsh on the Philippine construction of the Burris, but I truly want to know from those of you in the field. Reliablity is the issue. Thank you for you input.

 

[ArmedBear]

My Burris is mounted on Warne bases and QD rings.

They really do come off in a couple seconds, and return to zero when you put them back on. I take the scope off for cleaning, sometimes, even.

Another thing that's cool about them is that you can keep a spare scope in the truck, pre-sighted for the rifle.

 

[Father Knows Best]

No nation has a monopoly on quality, either good or bad. There is great quality stuff coming out of U.S. factories, and total crap. The same goes for every other country.

As for Burris, I've never seen a Fullfield II in person. I have a Signature Select 4-14x on my PTR-91, and a Signature 3-9x on a .30-06 Model 70. I've been very pleased with them.

 

[thirty-thirty]

I have an old Fullfield that's made in USA. The Signature line scopes are made in USA. Personally I'm willing to pay more for made in USA even if the quality is equal.

Funny that Fullfield glass is made in USA yet Leopold tells us that they can't put "made in USA" on their scopes anymore because the glass "can't be had" here in the US.

 

[.41Dave]

After much agonized research, I decided to spend some of the few hard-earned dollars scrimped and saved from the meager pittance my employer laughably calls a paycheck and bought a Burris Fullfield II for my daughter's deer rifle. It is an excellent scope. When I compared it side by side with the Leupold VXII that used to be on my own rifle, I discovered that the $150 Burris gave me slightly better optical quality and low light resolution than the $300 Leupold. So what if it was made in the Philippines? The days when "Made in _____" was an indicator of quality are pretty far gone, IMHO. Country of origin guarantees nothing. Anybody here know of anyone who has taken a tour of all major optical assembly plants throughout the world? Spec scopes made by OEM's are just that: made to spec. Better glass costs more money, better components cost more money, more QC costs more money. In some countries, however, those things cost less than in others. Excellent scopes have been made just about everywhere in the world. So have awful ones. A Philippino tube might be better than a German tube, it all depends how much quality is paid for by the company.

 

[Sydwaiz]

I've been thinking about this scope for my new Tikka that's coming in. Also thinking of the VXII mainly because it's made here. But after reading the last post and all the good comments of the Burris, I might just get the Burris. I'd rather have it made in the Phillipines than China. I think the only draw back is the whole eyepiece moves when changing the power, right? Might hinder using flip caps but it's not a deal breaker, heck, my Nightforce is like that.