Anyone have experience with this scope? My cheapo Bushnell that came packaged with my 22 took a dump last night. I am looking to go cheap because this is a loaner rifle and I only use it when me and the girlfriend go shooting. I don't want to outfit a $100 scope on a rifle that almost never gets used or should I?
Simmons Prosport 4-12 AO?
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Elkins45
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I never had a Simmons that didn’t lose zero or suffer some other sort of internal malfunction. I ought one of their dedicated rimfire scopes for my 10/22 and one day the recticle decided to rotate at a 45° angle.
cdb1
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I would.
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LOL. I think that says it all, right there. That's like saying "worst of the worst."
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I've owned a few pieces of Simmons junk. I won't ever buy anything Simmons ever again. If offered as a gift, I would politely decline.
I have a cheap Simmons 4X on an old 10/22 that is still working fine. No real test there, low recoil.
I have a "Whitetail Classic" Midway special 6.5-20x50 mounted in Zee rings on YHM risers that I swap back and forth on ARs if I need to accuracy test one that doesn't have a scope on it or a low power one. The glass is clear and it works. I have better scopes to do that with now (A Monarch 5 3-15x50 in a Leupold one piece mount sitting idle right now), but the Simmons has been a good little scope for me.
That said, good advise is not to spend less than $200 on a variable scope with any power.
Watch for sales and closeouts to buy better glass for the money. You can score some great deals if you are patient and don't just "have to have" scope XYZ.
I have a "Whitetail Classic" Midway special 6.5-20x50 mounted in Zee rings on YHM risers that I swap back and forth on ARs if I need to accuracy test one that doesn't have a scope on it or a low power one. The glass is clear and it works. I have better scopes to do that with now (A Monarch 5 3-15x50 in a Leupold one piece mount sitting idle right now), but the Simmons has been a good little scope for me.
That said, good advise is not to spend less than $200 on a variable scope with any power.
Watch for sales and closeouts to buy better glass for the money. You can score some great deals if you are patient and don't just "have to have" scope XYZ.
To be fair I do/did use quite a few Simmons scopes, including a very beat up prohunter.
Most are/were older tho. I have an original 3-12x44 Aetec, Korean made prohunter, and had (and would happily buy again) Whitetai Expeditions, Whitetails classic 6.5-20x50, and prohunter handgun scopes.
I've avoided the newer ones series, but still cruise eBay for the aetecs and whitetail expeditions.
troy fairweather
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The 2 Simmons scopes I've owed both broke, I have even mounted some for gun shops and they were broken in the box. If rather have a tasco from Wal-Mart,
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