Bushnell Elite 6500 Review

[scimitar]

This scope is the biggest pile of pooh i have ever bought . sold it straight away ??? HOLLY

[Globalstar66]

Why don't you like it? At the price, I like my 2.5-16x50 6500 a LOT!!!

[JerryD]

This scope is the biggest pile of pooh i have ever bought . sold it straight away ??? HOLLY

You must've been looking down the wrong end then Holly!! Mr. Murphy seems to like his.... and do pretty well with it.

I used one for most of this year's FT season and found it very useable, and much lighter than either a big Nikko or the NXS it replaced. Didn't reparallax , and found it has a "dead zone" from 25 - 20 yds going from au naturel to with 50' CFA: - nt a problem, 'cos the pellet flight's pretty flat around there anyway. It'll then come down to 11 yds with the CFA, and drops down with percieved focus to 8 yds.

The best bit's the gaps at the top end: I have 10mm between 50 and 55 yds, using a 4" wheel. I didn't get that with the big Nikko at 50x. The scope's much lighter than anything else I've used except my Elite 4200, but the sidewheel focus makes it much easier to use.



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[Coney]

This scope is the biggest pile of pooh i have ever bought . sold it straight away ??? HOLLY

This is the first bad report I have heard on these scopes, I have 2 and love them, I know of other members of Anston that have them and they also own Leupold, Meopta and Burris scopes among others and they also love them, perhaps you just got a bad example?

Alan.

[Amac]

I have the 6500 "Tactical" member of the family and have found the scope to be an excellent performer. I must admit to not having heard about any problems with this scope model before coming accross this thread.

Well pleased with mine which is deffinetly a keeper.

Andy

[Coney]

I have the 6500 "Tactical" member of the family and have found the scope to be an excellent performer. I must admit to not having heard about any problems with this scope model before coming accross this thread.

Well pleased with mine which is deffinetly a keeper.

Andy

From what I have read elsewhere I think Holly had the 4.5 - 30 model which I have not seen or know of anyone that has tried one.

The 2.5-16 x 42 is a fantastic scope, I have 2 and a 4200 8-32 x 40 which is of the same high quality

Alan.

[Lavant_Lad]

I agree with Holly on this scope, I thought mine was very average, and sold it after about 3 weeks.

[Korium]

From what I have read elsewhere I think Holly had the 4.5 - 30 model which I have not seen or know of anyone that has tried one.

Tried two, albeit inside a very long shop with limited outdoor vision.
The optics were quite average, although not far behind the budget Zeiss Duralyt range or whatever they are called. Build quality was fairly basic, the tactical style one was a bit better; I heard they had to skimp on build a little to make up for the optics cost, but don't hold me to that.

Nothing wrong with them. On the plus side they are extremely compact for the magnification, and I thought quite light. The optics are probably pretty good, given the length to magnification ratio, that is probably why you get such good optical quality from yours at 16X.

I bet the 4200 at such magnifications is better; they are a very long scope, right?
It would be interesting to compare. FWIW, bought a Leupold 45X Comp instead eventually, very nice, couldn't afford to keep it sadly.

[bongo321]

which is the best option for general use on a remy 223 a 2.5-16x50 or 4.5-30x50 i found them at app the same price but 30mag seems alot so what is the trade off ??

[bunny-sniper]

From what I have read elsewhere I think Holly had the 4.5 - 30 model which I have not seen or know of anyone that has tried one.

The 2.5-16 x 42 is a fantastic scope, I have 2 and a 4200 8-32 x 40 which is of the same high quality

Alan.

This is the scope i have on my remy 700 .223 and i absolutly love it. I use mine way up at 24x mag and it is crystal clear to any distance. mine is also the tactical version , cant find any thing to fault with this scope at all.


craig

[bigboab]

Hi Guys,

Mite as well add my tuppence worth, i recently purchased one of these to go on my 222 and i am fairly impressed (i did get a good deal pricewise) I compared it between my mtv tapian and s&b 8x56. Put the three at 8 mag and as expected it is not as clear as the s&b but a lot better than MTC. When i put it up to 16 it was still very clear in average day light, better than the mtc.

However in low light situations at 8 mag its great but at 16 mag it seem very dull. I know this is common for the pic to get worse in fading light when you put up the mag but on a £600 scope i didnt think it would be so severe??

Cheers Rob