Best scope under $300?

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You would be hard pressed to find a better one under $300 than the Vortex Diamondback HP if you wanted to buy new. A used Conquest or higher end Minox would be great too if you can find one.
 

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TNRifleman":1tqmivtu said:
You would be hard pressed to find a better one under $300 than the Vortex Diamondback HP if you wanted to buy new. A used Conquest or higher end Minox would be great too if you can find one.
^^^All of the above^^^ Vortex makes some great optics!
 

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wsm":2dra5rwh said:
You can get a Leupold vx 2 under $300.00.
I just bought my second vx2 4-12x40 cds on eBay. One guy has them on there for 277 and so far they have been awesome.

Your not going to find a zeiss conquest for around 300. There all around 400.

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You can get a Leupold VX-3I in 3.5-10x40 for about $280 all day long anymore. Leupold still makes a quality product but they shot themselves in the foot when they came out with all of the cheaper models that Walmart sells.
 

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You can get a Nikon prostaff 5 for around $225. I bought one last year and it's a quality scope for the price. Supposed to have taken the place of the old monarch scopes. Definitely not the same as the older prostaff models.
 

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TnTurk":15295a9c said:
You can get a Nikon prostaff 5 for around $225. I bought one last year and it's a quality scope for the price. Supposed to have taken the place of the old monarch scopes. Definitely not the same as the older prostaff models.
I have a prostaff 5 and my one complaint is it's short. Using standard bases it wouldn't fit on a savage 110. I'm sure I could changed bases and made it work, but I swapped rifles instead.


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lungpuncher1":361lf315 said:
wsm":361lf315 said:
You can get a Leupold vx 2 under $300.00.
I just bought my second vx2 4-12x40 cds on eBay. One guy has them on there for 277 and so far they have been awesome.

Your not going to find a zeiss conquest for around 300. There all around 400.

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how well do you like the cds. I've narrowed my search down to the scope you got and a diamondback hp 4-16. I like the magnification of the vortex but I want a simple reticle like the leupold has.


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Jcalder":9qyzor8p said:
lungpuncher1":9qyzor8p said:
wsm":9qyzor8p said:
You can get a Leupold vx 2 under $300.00.
I just bought my second vx2 4-12x40 cds on eBay. One guy has them on there for 277 and so far they have been awesome.

Your not going to find a zeiss conquest for around 300. There all around 400.

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how well do you like the cds. I've narrowed my search down to the scope you got and a diamondback hp 4-16. I like the magnification of the vortex but I want a simple reticle like the leupold has.


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I was in the same boat and honestly I like the leupold better than both my vipers. They are just so solid. The leupolds are better in lowlight also, for my eyes at least.

I haven't sent my cds dials in yet but i have messed with them some and they are very precise from what i can tell. I'm very happy with them. Ones on a rem700 7mm08 and the other a tikka 270. So not much abuse but they've held up great so far.

Since I haven't been able to find an older conquest for a decent price in a while I've bought burris, Bushnell 4200, vortex up to the viper line and now leupold vx2. And the vx2 has came the closest to the conquest.

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