lightstream vs bushnell

[ross H]

i have just purchased a lightstream, unfortunatly i cant tell you how good or bad it is as unfortunatly my ret was in upside down, yer you heard right upside down they must have good quality control i am getting it replaced as i do like the scope but was miffed to find this incedent

[Dave Ramshead]

i have just purchased a lightstream, unfortunatly i cant tell you how good or bad it is as unfortunatly my ret was in upside down, yer you heard right upside down they must have good quality control i am getting it replaced as i do like the scope but was miffed to find this incedent

Quality!

[blackscale]

I have a lightstream and cant tell you about poi or ret slow to move on clicks yet , but i can say that the light gathering is brilliant the first focal ret is brill finish is brill turrets are luvly, the guy (forget his name) who owns the company is very very helpful. and if they bring out that bigger mag soon i want one! trouble is will have to buy new gun.....mmmm let me see! Compared with my aetec its night and day, But bit worried about previous comments about poi etc! anymore comments?

[nurek]

i have just purchased a lightstream, unfortunatly i cant tell you how good or bad it is as unfortunatly my ret was in upside down, yer you heard right upside down they must have good quality control i am getting it replaced as i do like the scope but was miffed to find this incedent

Nice

Those extra lines through the mil-dots must have been really useful

Have you got a replacement yet?

[TARGETZERO]

did i mention i dont like the turrets,defo dont like them after zeroing today.give them loads ov clicks miss a click clickclick miss some clicks,loads ov clicks,poa hardly moved,on any other turret zeroed in 5 10 shots,any one else whos got one noticed this,or have i bought a lightstream copy made in turkey
______________on further investigating the cause only part ov the comments are true above,realising something was wrong, i asked a friend would he take a look at my rifle and scope,as i was haveing difficultys zeroing,these are his findings(by the way the lad who looked at this problem is a well known gun expert thanks dave) the gun was the cause ov the turrets running out ov elavation clicks,but when the guns barrel alignment problems were sorted and he was zeroing the scope,it seemed as though there was backlass in the turret,ie the point ov impact didnt seem to move at first,then after the first bit ov movement was taken up,the poa would move with the turret,the only way he knows to prove this ,is to mount the scope to a solid base,then watching the crosshairs move(on a target card)as you dail the scope,a scope with a turret backlass problem should show up with this method.now my friend has told me i can forward this to you alan,and he says, his words not mine,i know some blokes opinion like mine doesnt matter to a scope maker , but you do get the gut feeling when some thing aint quite right,he has seen this type ov thing befor,but on cheap scopes,it is generally caused by the turrets bieng wound in to much,which can damage the return springs.once part ov the problem was sorted ie my gun,it still left me with a turret problem,now the scope is new,how many times are you allowed to turn your turrets befor it effects its precision??? and should it on a scope ov this quality? perry

[TARGETZERO]

ps whats the warranty on this scope? lost my details

[dbc-65]

ps whats the warranty on this scope? lost my details

Boy am i glad you beat me to the scope, Great write ups about it but wait till you use the Viper. Its the clearest thing ive look through. But ive only looked at scope up to £600.00.

The viper what a saving.

Cheers
Dave

[TARGETZERO]

had a look through one the other day,very nice,orderd the 32x there an then just hope its as good as its little brother. perry

[dbc-65]

had a look through one the other day,very nice,orderd the 32x there an then just hope its as good as its little brother. perry

The little brother is Great and the big brother should be to. I have zeroed it in which was easy only a few clicks up and it was central but the weather has put me of this week so i hoping to give it a work out on sunday.(woodlands HFT)

Cheers
Dave

[Herx77]

had a look through one the other day,very nice,orderd the 32x there an then just hope its as good as its little brother. perry

Had a look at one at the Midlands And at Shepreth round of UKAHFT. Impressed with the entry power model but would like the 32 when they come out,have to wait as they have not got any in the country yet. Nice clear optics, like the graticle and sub-divisions, and the price seems right.Gary has a good guarantee also.Plus the extra goodies.' no hat'? though. HERX77

[Darren Petts]

Boy am i glad you beat me to the scope, Great write ups about it but wait till you use the Viper. Its the clearest thing ive look through. But ive only looked at scope up to £600.00.

The viper what a saving.

Cheers
Dave

The Viper is well below a Lightstream in optical quality. It's not bad but it's not premier league. The controls are also stiff enough to give Big Nikko users a hard time. The Vipers I've seen have all been a little short in the DOF too IMO. To be fair they aren't in the same price bracket as a Lightstream either though. Perhaps there is variation in the quality of both scopes. I know the Lightstream is made in VERY small batches and I suspect the Viper is too. I doubt that that is an aid to consistent quality.