Hello, i found the scope that came with the used carbine i bought, the # × ## is scratched up but i was able - with its sticker on the side to ID it…
Hey there, thanks for taking the time to reply & educate me. The goal I’d like to attain is to be able to hit a soda/pop can size target anywhere from 50 yards up to 150-200yards and from what I’ve read here and other articles online it is easy to get an addiction going but i just want to become skillful. Got the scope that came with the used carbine I bought and the one good sticker on the side and the remnants of numbers & letters i was able to figure out the model: Bushnell Sportview 3-9 x 32, waterproof, 74-1393, AD. So I’m going to read up on it, ebay pics helped a lot with the ID, shame the scope was handled so rough. I took it off the rifle then took the carbine to the local gunsmith for a disassemble, cleaning and opinion and was given a thumbs up and fired it a dozen times with the iron sights and was pleased. I may remount it and see if i can dial it in and go from there.
I did see where Vortex got a huge contract with the military for optics and another member here said Vortex was a good brand. Well, time to read
I’ve had a cheap bushnell 1-4x scope on my Ruger 10/22 for the past decade. It is nothing special and I have much better scopes on my hunting and SD rifles, but it lets me easily hit what I’m aiming at. Though I am not doing the gnat’s a$$ precision shooting that @Craig6 is;)
Give the scope you have a try and see what you like and don’t like about. Then you can save up for a nicer scope with the quality and features you need. Though be aware that if the internals on the old scope are beat up it may not hold a zero properly which will lead to all sorts of frustrations.
That"ll get you going, and the price is certainly right. Just looked, I have 3 Bushnells, AR 22 on a. 22lr Marlin 60, another older style 3-9x40 on another .22lr, Savage MK 2…and oddly a 3-9x40 AR223 (BDC bullet drop compensation for .223…so fuhgeddaboudit with an air rifle lol) on my .22 cal airgun. I’ve heard airguns have a weird pulse which wrecks normal scopes, but the Bushnell and a cheapie on my .177 air gun have held up well.
Shooting my mini 14 last week, 2-7x32 Leupold, no issue at 285 yards. Today was 2.5 x prism at 100…just banged steel offhand a few mags…only one at the club…'cuz everyone else wanted to be warm and not get blown away I guess…
That 3-9x32 will get you started. I have a 3-9x32 Simmons that I used to have mounted on Marlin 795. It would easily hit targets smaller than a soda can at 100 yards.
@Bruno >> no offense but the only reply to your topic I read was Craig’s. The devil is in the detail.
@Craig6 is the man, he’s gonna be around longer than I wiil.
PS: don’t shoot the Messenger.
Truly
Poor old
BLACKY
Thank You. The ratings One reads on ‘Glass’ on amazon alone is informative I’ve learned. And the old saying ‘ya get whatcha pay for’ is starting to become clear especially in firearms and such.
When i became disabled and started using a cane in '15 i also realized what a thug magnet that cane was. I became interested in handguns & started carrying an edc too lol
And the drug problem became really active here in rural West Virginia, hell i left California to get away from crime crowds earthquakes & cost of living, and the meth labs, thieves & home invasions started out here in the country smh, so we became proactive. Sorry for the novel lol but long range target shooting really interests me so I’m not afraid to ask dumb questions, ya gotta learn somehow…so i appreciate all the responses ~ peace Bruno
PS- I am starting to understand why all the young guys getting their first good paying union job with us started dropping so much money for deer hunting rifles- well all kinds of guns and such. Unfortunately ive had pretty good luck getting deer with my cars!
Does anyone wear their prescription eye glasses while looking through a rifle scope?
I was wearing my glasses but when I took them off and let the scope do all the work, I had much better results. With the naked eye and the rifle scope, I was more accurate, consistent, had less strain on the eye, and I could focus in / acquire target much faster and easier (steady).
How about you all who wear prescription contact lenses - what do you do in terms of using the scope while wearing the contacts? How do you fair?
I remember in school, our biology teacher asked us to remove our eye glasses because the microscope does all the work.
What say you though?
Gratitude.
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I have always worn my glasses. I have a couple rifle scopes that I can adjust to the point where I may not need to wear them but others I cannot
Scopes have a focus dial/knob. That does the work of your glasses/contacts. The issue is how well you can see other than what you see through the scope. Remember the “know your target and what’s behind it”? If you cannot be safe without glasses/contacts then don’t remove them.
I see very well through the scope without my glasses but only do so at the range. 
I always wear glasses while hunting. 
“know your target and what’s behind it."
