If you are looking for the very best value in a rifle scope, you will be hard-pressed to find a better choice than the Bushnell Elite 4200 lineup. These scopes are nothing short of amazing, especially when you consider the price at which they can be purchased. They have "VALUE" written all over them.
Some of the features that all shooters will appreciate are the precise and sure windage and elevation adjustment knobs. These are easy to turn and adjust, especially when re-adjusting for longer range shooting. No tools or coins are needed, simply turn the correct knob. Also, there is parallax adjustment from 25 yards to infinity which is very nice if you are shooting at a variety of ranges.
Hunters and tactical shooters will especially appreciate a few of the advanced features these scopes contain.
Bushnell's permanent Rainguard coating is particularly trustworthy, as the permanent, hydrophobic (water-repellent) lens coating prevents fogging by causing condensation from rain, sleet, snow, or even your own breath to bead up into much smaller droplets than on standard coatings. Smaller droplets scatter less light, which results in a clearer, brighter view. Now the hunter won't miss the shot of a lifetime because of rain or accidentally breathing on his eyepiece.
They are made to withstand the recoil of magnum rifles and have been tested with up to 10,000 rounds of.375 H&H Magnum ammunition. This is more punishment than most hunters will put through their rifles in a lifetime of shooting. When this toughness is paired with the factory 1-year no-questions-asked replacement warranty one can easily see the value in this lineup.
The models having a 50mm objective lens are the brightest, clearest scopes you will ever see. If your hunting includes low light conditions, frequent snow or rain, thick cover to wide-open fields or plains it would be hard to find a finer scope than the 2.5-10x50mm model. The illuminated reticle makes you quite lethal in low light situations when the trophy bucks are coming out. In fact, it would be hard to find a more perfect scope to cover almost any hunting situation. This one does it all with ease. This one would even be perfectly at home on a long-range varmint rifle, although the 6-24x40mm or 8-32x40mm would probably fill that role a bit better.
These scopes start at around 0 for the 3-9x40mm models and go up to approximately 0 for the 8032x40mm model. While these are not the cheapest scopes you can see on a rifle, they are quite possibly the very best value for the dollar spent. These scopes represent a lifetime investment in quality optics that will serve the user for many, many years of shooting.
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