Customer Reviews

Bushnell Tactical Elite 3200 10x40mm Riflescope

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Very nice scope, especially considering the low price. Optical clarity is on par with much more expensive brands. Eye relief is not the best, but is passable. Adjustment knobs are excellent, even though the clicks are a little soft. Overall I would definately mount another one on future rifle purchases. Great buy.

I'll start with the flaws first. The eye relief is the biggest one, as has been cited by others. It can be overcome, however. Mine is set as far back as possible in the scope rings, and my head is held probably 1/2" closer than is really comfortable to shoot. Another 1/2" of eye relief would mean all the difference in the world. The optic clarity is on par with most other scopes in this price range. You could probably pick up a Leaupold VX-I for the same price that would have a slight advantage on optic clarity. You wouldn't have half the features this scope has, though. The fixed power is not adequate if you plan on hunting in heavy brush. When your max range would be 50 yards, 10 power is a big handicap.

On to the Positive. This scope has raingaurd, which is one of the greatest features of all time on a riflescope. Breathing on the lens will hold you up for a few seconds at best, even during rain or heavy fog/dew. This scope ticks no matter what, and it is truly weatherproof. I've accidentaly submerged mine twice now with no negative results. Then you have the tracking. This scope is worthy of target turrets. I can shot at 100 yards, adjust to the 500 yard line, then track back the same number of clicks and hit bull at 100 yards again. That can happen all day, as the scope tracks the same way each adjustment. Next you have the mil-dot reticle. The mils measure as mils. I've checked them. They are dead on and accurate enough to range with if you know how. They are admittadly harder to use than the S&B mil-reticle, but you can still range with them fairly accurately.

Ruggedness... I've had this scope for nearly 4 years now. I've dropped it, hunted it, shot it, submerged it, and moved it from rifle to rifle many different times. It still holds zero, has repeatable adjustment, and does not fog. I highly recommend this scope, as mine has been nothing but quality. I hope Bushnell hasn't changed that in the past few years.

Have two, both bought from Amazon: one on a NM AR-15, one on a Rem 700 SPS Tactical chambered in 308. Both have better low light transmission than closest NightForce. Clarity is not as good, but darn fine for the money. Excellent range of elevation & windage. During competition, .308 has a 3rd round hit on a 12" x 12" target @ 1175yds, and a 2nd round hit @ 1050yds with a 20MOA base. AR cleaned a 12 target course from 170 to 570yds.

One caveat, turrets have a bit of a break-in: helps to spin them from max to min for a day or two, they settle in after that.

Great scope for the money, will probably buy more.

Well I have 3 of these . They are excellent. They are based on the original B&L Army sniper scope and they have made it better. It is rugged and I use it to go up to 900 + yards.

Not sure how you could get a better scope for this much money. Good build, good knobs, good reticle, good picture with proper eye relief. It was easy to focus, easy to sight the rifle in, easy to reset the knobs. Works plenty well for my needs (on a 30-06 bolt).

Little nitpick: 1/2MOA clicks would be nicer than the 1/4 MOA clicks it comes with (SO many clicks to get anywhere!).

Major "flaw" (at least for me): eye relief is so short I had to set the scope back as far as it goes in the rings, and I still have to move my head up past a normal position on the stock. Looks weird on the gun, and feels weird to have my face that close.

It isn't the best, but it doesn't cost the $2,000 and up that the best do. It's very good, and I think with this scope you really do get more than you pay for. That's pretty rare!

This is one of those 'great bang for the buck' scopes. Nice clear glass, nice large turrets that have solid clicks and can be reset to zero. I have it on top of a Remington 700 SPS Tactical .308 and it has retained zero and works perfectly. Bushnell released the mil/mil version right after I bought this one and I wish I had that one now, but no complaints about this as it was a good deal for the price and it has worked very well for me.

I researched a value lower priced scope for my AR. This scope had high marks from snipercentral.com so I thought I give it a shot. I am more than satisfied with it so far. It's too much scope for the AR but I wanted something nice so I would'nt have to upgrade in the future. I like the turrets(4 clicks per inch at 100 yards), the optical quality, the build quality and the mil-dot. In summary, this scope would be perfect for 308 caliber rifles or AR10s.

I mounted this scope on my Remington .308 with the intent to put together a "budget-friendly" replication of the sniper combo used by our military. This scope is great! It's sophisticated yet simple. The eye relief isn't quite as nice as its 5-15x40 counterpart but still very solid. I may not have an M40 with a Nightforce but I'm glad I can have something at least somewhat in that direction and have it at only a sliver of the cost! I like that solid optics don't exactly have to cost a fortune.

I purchased this to put on a Barrett M82A1. This scope is well worth the money as it withstands the abuse a 50 puts out. Good quality.

One of the only affordable ten power scopes available. Optic clarity good. Eye relief good.

The cross hair adjustments seem to stick up and out much more than necessary and are not easy to accomodate on the rifle in a hard case.