If you’re interested in an AR-15 optic, read on – if not, nothing to see here...
Everybody at both local gun shops seems to be impressed with the Bushnell Throw Down PCL AR Optic I got from Walmart. They all remarked how bright and clear the glass was (they’ve looked through a lot more scopes than I have), and all seemed to like the features (how clear the red dot was, the bullet drop marks not being visible until you crank the power up, etc).
Might want to check one out or keep it in mind if you’re in the market for an AR optic?
It looks like Bushnell actually sent someone to some 3-Gun matches to see what folks were doing before building this scope – it’s a shame other makers are so darn slow doing the same?
1. Can be used as a red dot when on 1x (both eyes open).
2. If the red dot fails, the horseshoe / red dot are still there, just in black.
3. Bullet drop compensation hash marks – so small you don’t seem them on 1x, but crank the scope up and they grow. Designed so you don’t see them when using the scope as a red dot (at close range), but need to reach out a bit, you just crank it up to 4x and the BDC marks are visible.
4. FIRST FOCAL PLANE RETICLE! Scope makers sure are slow producing these, and a lot of AR etc folks don’t want the old traditional 2nd Focal Plane Reticle – with the rapidly changing ranges etc ARs are being used at, you don’t have time to be cranking on no turrets and figuring out changing BDC values because of a 2nd Focal Plane scope!
$419 MSRP, $299 @ Walmart. I had one on order from SWFA Outdoors for a month (@ $227 + shipping), but in over a month, NOBODY but Walmart has!
I have a feeling Walmart has an exclusive agreement to get the first X number of scopes produced before Bushnell can sell to anyone else. I ran into this very thing with my Magnavox DVR a few years back – Walmart had exclusive rights to the first X units Funai produced – nobody else got any or could sell them until Walmart’s initial order was satisfied.
9 out of 10 Walmarts I’ve been in have them, but probably only 1 per store, and I got the one in the local store!
Here’s a few links for the scope:
http://www.bushnell.com/all-products/rifle-scopes/ar-optics/1-4x-24mm-throw-down-pcl
NOTE: The reticle picture at the site above is incorrect – only the horseshoe and red dot are illuminated – the BDC marks ARE NOT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDYTHqBjAz0
Everybody at both local gun shops seems to be impressed with the Bushnell Throw Down PCL AR Optic I got from Walmart. They all remarked how bright and clear the glass was (they’ve looked through a lot more scopes than I have), and all seemed to like the features (how clear the red dot was, the bullet drop marks not being visible until you crank the power up, etc).
Might want to check one out or keep it in mind if you’re in the market for an AR optic?
It looks like Bushnell actually sent someone to some 3-Gun matches to see what folks were doing before building this scope – it’s a shame other makers are so darn slow doing the same?
1. Can be used as a red dot when on 1x (both eyes open).
2. If the red dot fails, the horseshoe / red dot are still there, just in black.
3. Bullet drop compensation hash marks – so small you don’t seem them on 1x, but crank the scope up and they grow. Designed so you don’t see them when using the scope as a red dot (at close range), but need to reach out a bit, you just crank it up to 4x and the BDC marks are visible.
4. FIRST FOCAL PLANE RETICLE! Scope makers sure are slow producing these, and a lot of AR etc folks don’t want the old traditional 2nd Focal Plane Reticle – with the rapidly changing ranges etc ARs are being used at, you don’t have time to be cranking on no turrets and figuring out changing BDC values because of a 2nd Focal Plane scope!
$419 MSRP, $299 @ Walmart. I had one on order from SWFA Outdoors for a month (@ $227 + shipping), but in over a month, NOBODY but Walmart has!
I have a feeling Walmart has an exclusive agreement to get the first X number of scopes produced before Bushnell can sell to anyone else. I ran into this very thing with my Magnavox DVR a few years back – Walmart had exclusive rights to the first X units Funai produced – nobody else got any or could sell them until Walmart’s initial order was satisfied.
9 out of 10 Walmarts I’ve been in have them, but probably only 1 per store, and I got the one in the local store!
Here’s a few links for the scope:
http://www.bushnell.com/all-products/rifle-scopes/ar-optics/1-4x-24mm-throw-down-pcl
NOTE: The reticle picture at the site above is incorrect – only the horseshoe and red dot are illuminated – the BDC marks ARE NOT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDYTHqBjAz0
