Bushnell Elite 6500 Review

[jamie g]

sounds like a nice scope dave. i really liked the 4200 i had but just wasnt a fan of the mildot.

but for glass i found it one of the best scopes i have seen. very clear the 4.5x30x50 6500 has some cracking reports so i have been looking on the net. im sure there have a good amount of fans over here when they hit our shores

[Si B]

Always bought Bush elite's and quite interested in the 6200. do you know if they offer a variant with the same turretts as the 3200 10x40, I think they are call target/sniper

Thanks,

Si

[Dave D]

Did some indoor shooting tonight up to 100 yds, scope performed very very well, no loss of zero from cross hair when moving through the mag range.

Si, I don't think bushnell offer the target turret option you want on the 6500 but I am sure that there are plenty of people on here that could make some or maybe stoney point make some I will investigate further

Thanks

Dave

[Oddbob08]

That's a good zoom range it has too, 2.5x mag will be very handy for rough shooting where you never know where the next target will appear yet you can zoom right up to 16x for longer ranges off a bipod or rest.
I think I'm going to sell the kids and maybe get the 50mm one

[mildot]

HI

i hope you dont mind me adding this

When i was at the cla last month i had a good look through the 6500 and numerous other scope and i have to say that i was extremely disapointed with the bushnell. The picture clarity was appauling for a £600 scope. The Leupold vx111 imho is far better than the 6500. It just didnt look right. i would say it was between the mtc vipers and the leupold vx111. I have owned about 4 vx111, burris black diamonds, leupy mk4, zeiss diavari and conquests etc etc

For the money the zeiss conquest is a far far better scope!


Although i wish you all the best with the bushnell. You seen happy with it which at the end of the day is all that matters

[Dave D]

I also looked through the 6500 at the CLA, almost put me off.

If you get chance to look through one at a shop, there seems to be a world of differnce between that and the ones at the vickers stand.

The leupold is a good scope but i found the eye relief difficult and the field of view narrow in comparison the actual clarity of the optics in normal day light is about the same but in murky conditions the bushnell seems better than the leup or the ziess.

At £699 retail I would not have bought one, but for sub £490 UK supllied its a very very good buy.

The MTC is a very good scope with a nice reticule for the money its the best scope by far in that price bracket but does not compare with the bushnell or the others mentioned.

Thanks

Dave

[Oddbob08]

I also looked through the 6500 at the CLA, almost put me off.

If you get chance to look through one at a shop, there seems to be a world of differnce between that and the ones at the vickers stand.

The leupold is a good scope but i found the eye relief difficult and the field of view narrow in comparison the actual clarity of the optics in normal day light is about the same but in murky conditions the bushnell seems better than the leup or the ziess.

At £699 retail I would not have bought one, but for sub £490 UK supllied its a very very good buy.

The MTC is a very good scope with a nice reticule for the money its the best scope by far in that price bracket but does not compare with the bushnell or the others mentioned.

Thanks

Dave

It's these differences that worry me about buying from the US, you can't look at the product or compare it with similar products to see which is better suited. It's a shame prices are so high in the UK and many of us have to settle for a Chinese special