Customer Reviews

Nikon Prostaff 3-9x40mm Scope

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A very nice, very bright and accurate scope for the money. In fact the best scope on todays market for the money. A much better scope than the low end Leupolds. It would be nice if it had a little more eye relief, but 3.6 inches is fine on my Rem Mtn Rifle LA. Although it is not US made it is not Chinese made. Still has excellent clarity in low light.

The gun dept guy at Gander Mountain recommended this scope, saying it was a good scope for the "value end" of their line; he also said he uses the Prostaff in 3-9x50. Since it was at the upper end of what I could justify spending, I looked it up on Amazon -- low and behold, it was about $30 less for the black Prostaff on Amazon than the $169.99 at Gander, plus Gander was totally out of stock on all Prostaff scopes; not sure what they charge for the silver Prostaff, but I seem to recall it was more than the black.

Anyways, I ordered from Amazon, had the scope 23 hours later. Took the scope plus some Leupold rings and base back to Gander, where they mounted and boresighted it on my new Marlin 308 MXLR lever action. This gun has true 308 ballistics, capable of reaching out several hundred yards. I can't say enough good about the guys at Gander Mountain, by the way, they did a great job in every respect, including mounting and boresighting.

To dial in the scope, I shot one round at 25 yards and basically nailed the bullseye. SWEET! Lacking time and not wanting to blow through a whole box of 308 Express rounds at $1.25 each, I then went directly to the 100 yard target. My group was 1" low and 1.5" left. I adjusted for height and windage twice more, and one shot of my last very tight group nailed the bullseye again. SUPER SWEET!

The next morning it was barely light enough to see plus very foggy. I saw something that I thought might be a deer a bit over 150 yards away. Put the scope (Prostaff) on it, and yup, it was a buck, mostly facing straight at me presenting a minimal target. The optics on this thing are very, very clear. A lesser scope would definitely have hampered my ability to see the animal at all. I squeezed off a shot, and saw it fall over. When I checked the shot, I found the hole exactly where I aimed.

Good in low light, clear optics, nice reticle, etc. etc. Another guy had the same scope in black on a new .444 he'd won in a raffle, he also liked the clarity. I heartily recommend this scope.

Does what I need. Not a professional hunter but this dialed right in and has held zero through several range shoots. Feel confident that I can make a 250 to 300 yard shot with this scope come hunting season. I'm sure that a higher price scope would be "better" but I can't tell the diff.

I was excited to try out Nikon's bullet drop reticle (the reason I bought this scope) when I received the scope I was disappointed to find out it was just the plain Nikoplex. The description specifically says it has the BDC reticle. This is not the case. Amazon could not exchange the wrong scope, so I was stuck with just a refund. Ordering straight from Nikon now.

This was a very good buy for the money, takes a bit of patience an know how to site it in on your target. Took mine to the rifle range and spent a good hour tweaking it to get it just right.

I have been looking for some cost effective glass to finish up my target 10/22 build. I just can not put expensive glass on a rimfire. Since the 10/22 began with a Stainless version it has the silver receiver and trigger assembly. With the stainless R/T barrel, I was not feeling the black Simmon ATV I had on hand. I had three simple but tough wants:
1) A silver scope that matches all of these was in order.
2) Someone's rings need to match this scope finish.
3) A silver sunshade made for this scope (not some slipover).
This scope fits the bill and is very nice, Weaver quad rings match the finish realy well, and the Nikon silver sunshade fits this scope.