Has a cheap scope ever cost you an animal?

[sarduy]

i own a tasco mounted in a 30-06 and it reliable.

 

[45crittergitter]

"Yes - other" Couldn't see the deer through it - but could through my nice binocular. :banghead:

 

[SN13]

No. Why would you hunt with anything you don't trust to work 100%?

My "Cheap" Scope was a 3-9x40 Nikon Prostaff. It was a solid scope and for the $100 range, held a zero like a boss.

I did buy one of those 4-24x55mm Walmart scopes only to give it away later because it was a P.O.S. Seriously, if you want an inexpensive scope, buy a Nikon. They aren't bank-breakers and they work very well!

 

[SN13]

Double-post. Sorry.

 

[LOLBELL]

I've never lost an animal to a scope at all. I use Vari-X III's on everthing but a 22 mag, I have a ProStaff on it and a 44 mag Ruger SBH which has a Bushnell on it. I can shoot later with iron sights than with the Bushnell. My thinking has always been if you have a $1000 rifle with a $25 scope on it you have a $25 rifle. I have a 25 year old .270 with a VX 3 on it that has not been touched since the middle 80's when it was put on it.

 

[Naterater]

No; not specifically

I got to my hunting grounds from a 7 mile trip in a padded case and one of the glass elements turned sideways which blocked all light from coming through the scope.

 

[RugerMcMarlin]

I've never to my recolection lost an animal due to a cheap scope, I did loose a deer by turning the wrong way too close to sunset, with a red dot sight, I mean the deer was still there, but the screen became one big full field red dot , subtending about an acre at at 100 yds! Can't go wrong with Burris or Nikon if you have to have the best. My best scopes were 2 Lyman Alaskans Weatherproof 2 1/2x, 1 Kollmorgan, pre-Redfield, 1 fixed power 4 compact Leupold, 1 little jap scope that the name has rubbed off of, and I really like old Weaver, steel tube scopes, sometimes you have to fiddle with them a little but I like that too.

 

[jbkebert]

Could not take a perfectly simple shot. Had a nice elk at 275 yards shooting a 7 stw. Sun behind the elk with glass on the Redfield scope made it impossible to see through the glare.

after the opportunity was blown i looked through my buddies .300 rum with a nikon scope just like the one on my .300 win. no glare no problems.