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Posted: 1/17/2011 12:39:29 PM EDT
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If you are going to get a Barska buy it from sportsmansguide.
I go a 3-9x44mm Barska scope. I thought it was great and everyone was just hating on my cheap chinese scope. Almost a year later the front lens popped out! Sportsmansguide refunded me the original cost plus the original shipping. |
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What are you looking for, and at what cost. Maybe someone can help find something more suitable for a rifle, as opposed to the airsoft stuff barska should be marketed for. I disagree, you can get the airsoft stuff to zero, I bought a barska... sent it back after I couldn't get it to hold zero, when bore sighting it. 
Research and check reviews. (I failed to do this prior to getting the barska  )
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What are you looking for, and at what cost. Maybe someone can help find something more suitable for a rifle, as opposed to the airsoft stuff barska should be marketed for. I disagree, you can get the airsoft stuff to zero, I bought a barska... sent it back after I couldn't get it to hold zero, when bore sighting it.
Research and check reviews. (I failed to do this prior to getting the barska )Ha ha! Well everyone has to do it once. I have an A1 Optics shotgun scope and it is still holding up, but it sucks. I researched before I scoped my AR and went with the Millett TRS-1, GREAT VALUE! $50 more than I nearly spent on the barska twat 6-24 and it's rock solid with good glass. |
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Barska has some of the worst glass I've ever seen in a scope. Things that honest to goodness have better glass in my house include; The 50+ year old scope for my Winchester model 71. The Tasco scope on my BB gun. The Lyman 4x my Dad got me at a swap meet for $7 bucks (talked down from $10). Decent glass will keep light constant between looking through the scope, and the unaided eye. GOOD glass will make things a little brighter. Barska scopes are like looking through sun glasses. Why they think they need sunshades with some of them is beyond me. You could probably use them to safely view a solar eclipse (ok, not THAT bad, but pretty bad). |
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Barska has some of the worst glass I've ever seen in a scope. Things that honest to goodness have better glass in my house include; The 50+ year old scope for my Winchester model 71. The Tasco scope on my BB gun. The Lyman 4x my Dad got me at a swap meet for $7 bucks (talked down from $10). Decent glass will keep light constant between looking through the scope, and the unaided eye. GOOD glass will make things a little brighter. Barska scopes are like looking through sun glasses. Why they think they need sunshades with some of them is beyond me. You could probably use them to safely view a solar eclipse (ok, not THAT bad, but pretty bad). 
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A GOOD 4x fixed power with clean glass can do the same job as a 10x scope with dirty glass. A scope with high quality glass will allow you to see more, with sharper resolution than an inferior scope at higher power. The tricky thing with magnification, is your magnifying EVERYTHING, including image quality. What I would do is go to a few stores that would allow you to fondle multiple levels of quality scopes. Then ask yourself what the job you intend for it. The questions I ask myself would be; What distance am I shooting. No need for some trick sniper scope if I'm shooting 100 yards all the time, just a high quality 4x. Will the distance vary. Will I have to constantly adjust for windage and elevation. Will I be shooting targets, or hunting. Will I have to do range estimation. Apparently the "Super Sniper" scope is a really solid piece of equipment, and is well received by the guys in the precision shooting sub forum, and elsewhere. They are a bit more than a Barska, but a lot less than a Schmidt and Bender! |
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