Can I use this scope on a .308 bolt action???

One member posted on another thread that swfa had a clearance sale on Vortex Scopes. I bought the Viper hs 4_12x 44 $344.00 delivered.
That's a 200.00 savings, pretty sweet scope dude...
 
Is the Vortex on par with Nikons Buckmaster?
I have 3 Buckmaster 6 X 18 A.O. & like them.
Not opposed to others but buying glass can be a crap shoot if
not familiar with the make.
That's why I ask & glean these forums.
There was a time, many, many, years ago when I thought inexpensive glass was o.k.
Looooooong time ago & lessons learned.
Leupold is a trusted brand but gotten expensive.
Weaver made in El Paso were very good & I still have a couple fixed power.
In my opinion Simmons, Tasco, etc. are fit for a .22 r.f. only.
Weaver took a dump in quality but I understand they have come back considerably.
Have a .22 r.f. Weaver that is good, modern bought one.
Am I getting too far off topic?:confused:
 
Scopes are like Blue Jeans some folks just have to be seen with a expensive name brand . The high $ brand scope makers have gotten on to this and started running economy lines that are most likely not as good as the Bushnel's ,Tasco's but cost $100 more . I would recomend Bushnel Sportview or Tasco to someone wanting a economy line scope . I havnt noticed any of the off brands being blurry its all about the ability to say zero and how the cross hair adjust that makes some of them undesirable . Any scope will fog if the gass leaks out most will anyway if you move them from a air conditioned house or car into a hot humid enviroment .
 
Psalm I have to disagree and say that the economy line scopes that Leupold, Redfield, Nikon, Vortex, etc. make are far and beyond better than any Tasco or Simmons or Bushnell scope ever will be.

A rifles scope job is to hold zero and work 100% of the time in ANY weather condition. I have pretty much done anything imagineable to my ~$150 scopes and they have all been flawless and worked no matter what. I can not say the same for the Bushnell and Tasco scope that I have owned.
 
I have 3 Bushnel's that I have had in all weather conditions and have taken bumps and bangs you would expect from long day,s in the field . I agree if you want a good scope buy a Leoupold , Redfield , Shepard , Vortex . But the mass market scopes will get the job done . I don't promote that stuff like you have to buy so and so or such and such or your not in the game .
 
Scopes are like Blue Jeans some folks just have to be seen with a expensive name brand . The high $ brand scope makers have gotten on to this and started running economy lines that are most likely not as good as the Bushnel's ,Tasco's but cost $100 more . I would recomend Bushnel Sportview or Tasco to someone wanting a economy line scope . I havnt noticed any of the off brands being blurry its all about the ability to say zero and how the cross hair adjust that makes some of them undesirable . Any scope will fog if the gass leaks out most will anyway if you move them from a air conditioned house or car into a hot humid enviroment .
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While I respect you're opinion.... you are certainly wrong in a lot of respects. Like I have stated. If you just need a 100yard game getter, yes most even cheapo's will get it done. However I spend the 3-4 weeks before deer season every year dealing with people who buy crap scopes and want them replaced because they are broken. We were getting 25-35 scope mounts a day. It happens every year, like clock work.

People who buy high dollar scopes... generally tend to use them, and use them much more and extensively than people throwing a tasco on a Marlin 336.

Quality scopes do not fog up... unless they were dropped and broken, or built incorrectly in which case if you pay for a quality scope... most come with a life time warranty.

It is not that cheaper scopes are blurry... even tho a BSA I had once was, its that better scopes are more clear. Better glass also gives you better light transmission and they stay brighter and sharper longer into the day.

When I got to hang out with some of the optic reps, my world was changed when I was holding a $300 pair of Leupold bino's looking across a field into darker woods and could see about 5-10 yards into the woods.... When I did the same exact thing with $2000 Swarovski's I could see a hell of a lot further into those dark woods. Now I am not saying everyone needs $2000 bino's, but most people fail to see the difference quality makes.
 
You are correct. At the end of the day, when there are only two guys in camp with a deer, we fail to see the difference quality makes.
 
I'd skip the Nc-star on a 308 . Way to much recoil for that quality of optic . Maybe an AR or 22lr but IMO not a 308

I have a Tasco world class 3-9x40 with millet rings on my Ruger American :eek: Yep , got 400+ rounds through it and the reticle has not rolled over and died "yet" . I shoot sub moa out to 300yds all the time with that set up :cool:. Is it what I'd recommend ? NO , does it work ? YES . I think I paid $38 for the scope and $12 for the rings ;) I have other optics that make the Tasco look like the glass has a sand blasted Haze at high mag at distance ( ok maybe not that bad but the clarity is poor at best ) but you can see the target and I'd take it hunting . My point is cheap does not mean it's not usable just that it's cheap and you might not want to stake your life on it .

These pics were when the rifle was new . I thought I had pics of some loads I worked up that are better then those . I did shoot a 8 shot 1 moa group at 100yds with a match load I worked up using 178gr A-max . That was with out letting the barrel cool . Each shot was less then a minute apart same as the pics below :)
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