Customer Reviews

Bushnell Banner Dusk & Dawn 1.5-4.5x32 Riflescope

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Howdy!
I spent several days, literally hours online researching scopes. I wanted one for my vintage .444 Marlin lever gun.
After all the dust settled, this one ended up being top of the pile.
It was recommended to me by several knowledgeable lever action owners, who already had it in use.
Definitely the right choice!

The Bushnell Banner Dusk to Dawn riflescope is a very fine product for the money. It has very clear optics and was easy to site in. Mounted it on a 22LR Winchester Pump. Grandson, age 10, was able to shoot it accurately at 50 yards. Would recomend for the money as it cannot be beat!

I bought one of these last year to use on a Marlin .30-30 for close range woods deer hunting. Great field of view, no problems in cold wet weather, got two deer in two shots. I'm thinking of buying up to 4 more for my .22 rifles, slug gun and my competition rifle.
Price here can't be beat. I don't remember if it came with rings and I don't see them mentioned in the ad so beware of that.

the optic is very nice i am amazed at how i can see very light rain fall 50 yards away..as for shooting with this i have not yet..also i have this mounted on my ar 15 5.56..well update this review after i take it shooting

Scope fogs up more than I would have expected. Wanted a smaller scope for faster handling. Wish now would have went with a more expensive fog proof model.

So far, I have no complaints about this scope. Optics are clear, no fogging, the adjuments are percise and easy to use. I've bumped it a few times and it holds true. This is a great shotgun scope for the money. I will be buying one for my 30-30 and highly recommend to any hunter that wants a clear, percise, tough, water/fog proof, early morn/late evening, inexpensive scope!

I was very surprized how nice a scope this was for the price paid. Amazon has the best prices on Bushnells on the market. I have it mounted on a Ruger 10/22 and its been through all kinds of weather and no problems so far.

Purchased this scope over a similar Leupold because of its compact size and full field of view. It's clear, bright, and a pleasure to look through, but after sighting in and firing around 100 rounds in a medium caliber, the eyepiece became loose, adversely affecting zero. On examination, four tiny set screws had worked loose, allowing the eyepiece to begin unscrewing itself. As for the attachment of eyepiece to tube, the tolerances were extremely loose. The only thing holding the whole assembly stable were these roughly 1mm diameter micro-screws (think eyeglass hinge screws). After retightening and locktighting, the scope survived another 300 rounds, only to shake loose again on the final practice outing prior to deer season. Contact with Bushnell customer service yielded a form email response saying "fill in this form and send us the scope for evaluation." Since this would be at my expense, and I questioned the durability of the design on a recoiling firearm, I opted to just retighten the set screws and put the scope on a rim-fire. I replaced it on my deer rifle with a Leupold 1-4x shotgun scope, and my group sizes dropped by half. It's worth noting that Bushnell doesn't advertise this scope as "shock proof." While it may handle moderate shooting, I wouldn't expect it to handle high round counts in recoiling calibers. It does make a fine rimfire scope, and it is holding zero just fine on my .22. While I don't regret owning it, I do wish Bushnell had gone a step further and made it sturdier.

Wasted lots of ammo/money trying to figure out why my shots were all over the place.
Really liked the scope and wanted it to be something else.

Going through Amazon as usual is a pleasure . Your service is the best . The scope I'm not pleased with . When you look through it the pitcher is large , bright and crisp until you move your sight plane up down or to the side , then the outside third of the pitcher gets distorted . should of went with my second choice - Redfield 2 x 7 x32 .