[Dean2]

Well, got to try out the Bushnell warranty. Found a heck of a sale about 15 years ago on Bushnell products so I bought 5 Bushnell Banner 6x24x40 Adjustable AO scopes with Mil Dots for my various light kicking gopher guns like 22 RF, 17 HMR. As one would expect, the glass was good and clear to about 20 or so power, after that it got a little hazy. Since you shoot gophers in bright sunlight, there was never an issue with being able to see well. After all these years, and a lot of use, one of them started to get REALLY hazy above 20 power and noticeably hazzy and indistinct anywhere above 12 power. I own or have owned most makes of scopes at one time or anther, outside of Vortex scopes, where I returned 4 in less than 6 months from date of purchase, this is the first scope I have had to send in for repairs since sending in an original Redfield 30 years ago.

Pulled up their online return form, sent it to Ontario along with a cheque for $10 to cover return shipping, had to pay $14 to ship it there. So for $24 I got a brand new scope in the mail about 4 weeks after first sending it out. Pretty good turnaround and result in my books, only things is, they didn't tell me what caused the problem with the original scope. Seeing as how I have 4 more of these I emailed them to see if they can let me know what the issue was.

Their 3200,4200 and 6500s with the Mildots are on my longer range harder kicking varmint guns and they are noticeably better in all regards than the Banner. Some of them are over 30 years old and never had a failure.

Whether they do or don't respond or are able to tell me the cause, they definitely stood behind their Limited Lifetime Warranty. So for those of you asking which scope to buy, Bushnell stands behind their gear, and they lasts really well in the right application for what was a very inexpensive scope.

Anyone else have experience with Bushnell?