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Old 09-17-2017, 08:13 PM
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Any comments on the Nikon scopes? I'm looking for inexpensive 3x10 or 4x12. Suitable for a youth rifle for a few years (5ish). Will upgrade scope later if required. Rifle is a tikka 7mm-08. Thx
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Old 09-17-2017, 08:15 PM
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A nikon prostaff would work
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Old 09-17-2017, 08:17 PM
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I have a monarch 3 on my 30-06, the only complaint I have with it is the circles on the BDC. They are good from 0-300 yards but going beyond that they take up to much of the target and you lose accuracy
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Old 09-17-2017, 08:19 PM
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bought a pro-staff for the wife's 7-08 in a 3-9. Works ok but the light gathering of the scope is the pits. A cheaper vortex bought about the same time turned out to be a better buy for us.
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Old 09-17-2017, 08:24 PM
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I've got a buckmaster 6-18x40 on my SPS Varmint .243Win, and the Pit Boss has a Monarch 3, 4-16x42 on his .260 Rem.

Both scopes track well, and have good clarity in their optics, hold zero without fault, and are good value.
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Old 09-17-2017, 09:07 PM
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I've had the same experience. Have a monarch 3 3-12x42 on a 30-06 and have zero complaints. Gathers light well. Clear. Easy to adjust. Holds zero. It's just a solid feeling and solid built scope. Purchased it while on sale last year and had a chance to hunt with it.

Purchased it with the same intention of installing a different scope at some point down the road but have decided to keep it right where it is. For the money I think it's a fantastic value. I also love Leupold and wouldn't hesitate to purchase another of either the Nikon or Leupold.

So far it's been a great experience with the monarch. Hoping it stays that way.
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Old 09-18-2017, 06:03 AM
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I bought a prostaff 5 (I think the number was) for my 7mm-08 for a budget built rifle. It worked amazing considering all my other glass is Leupold, the glass clarity is better then vortex in my opinion and tracked better when zeroing the scope then a vortex did. I told my brother to buy one instead of a vortex and he loves it's. Shoots 5" groups at 500 yards. I'll buy another Nikon any day without hesitation.
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Old 09-18-2017, 07:01 AM
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I have owned three Monarch 3 scopes, and they are excellent for the price. I briefly owned a Prostaff that came as part of a deal, and I wasn't nearly as impressed.
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Old 09-18-2017, 07:12 AM
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Have two monarchs both nikoplex reticle which was hard to find, I would not hesitate to buy another very comparable to higher end leupold in my mind.
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Old 09-18-2017, 07:47 AM
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IMO Nikon optics are the best bang for your buck.
So far all but one gun wears a Nikon.
I just picked up two more from Prophet River on liquidation.
One for my 870 2-7x32 slugger and one Inline XR for my TC Omega.
I currently have a Prostaff 4-12x 40 Nikoplex reticle, Prostaff 5 2.5-10x40 , Monarch 3 2.5-10x42, Omega (TC Endevour) 3-9x40.
All have the BDC (except the standard Prostaff), which I use with the Spot-On App.
My binos and LRF are Nikon as well.
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Old 09-18-2017, 08:20 AM
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Not on the cheap end but I bought a Nikon X1000 4-16x50. Nearly $900 and one of the best scopes I've used.
Also a big fan of Nikon bino's.
With their status in the camera industry, which is based on their lens optical quality you can't really go wrong with Nikon unless you are looking for a particular feature they don't offer.
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Old 09-18-2017, 09:49 AM
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I have owned three Monarch 3 scopes, and they are excellent for the price. I briefly owned a Prostaff that came as part of a deal, and I wasn't nearly as impressed.
Agreed, the Prostaff blows compared to the Monarchs I had, maybe the newer ones are better, but i wouldn't hold my breath. I'd buy used before a Prostaff.
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Old 09-18-2017, 11:08 AM
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You'd be hard pressed to see the difference between my prostaff 5 and monarch 3 scopes. Overall the nikons are very solid as well as their binoculars.
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Old 09-18-2017, 11:48 AM
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Agreed, the Prostaff blows compared to the Monarchs I had, maybe the newer ones are better, but i wouldn't hold my breath. I'd buy used before a Prostaff.
There are maybe 4 prostaff - original, 2, 5 and I think the 7 now. the first 2 are in the budget category and lack some features for sure but the 5 is quite a step up , real close to the monarch's.

I have a 3-12 monarch on an 8 mag in Talleys and it's nice and have a handful of the pro 5's, a older titanium and original prostaff. If weight is no concern then they are excellent choices, +1 for Nikon.
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Old 09-18-2017, 12:44 PM
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I have a couple of Nikon Prostaff scopes (one is a Rimfire for my .22). Both do a great job for the price - I'm quite happy with them.
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Old 09-18-2017, 10:22 PM
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Ok, didn't know there were so many, The one I looked through was poor, glad they have improved or at least increased the options. I haven't looked through a bad Monarch and that includes old ones that didn't even specify a number.
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Old 09-18-2017, 10:42 PM
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Ok, didn't know there were so many, The one I looked through was poor, glad they have improved or at least increased the options. I haven't looked through a bad Monarch and that includes old ones that didn't even specify a number.
I think they (Nikon) were forced to improve due to other name brands coming out of the woodwork with same or better lenses and warranties.
Vortex has a lifetime warranty compared to Nikons earlier Lifetime Limited Warranty with which I had displeasure of dealing with when my binos snapped pooped the bed. It cost me half of what I paid for them for repairs, I was none too happy.

What really brought me to the Nikon world of optics was the Omega scope for muzzleloading. 5" eye relief omg!!
My Encore was kicking the crap out of my other scopes and I was getting kisses from the scope. As well I compared the brightness to my Bushnell scopes and they didn't compare.

Since then (2005/6) Nikon has improved over the last decade imo in order to keep up to the rest of the sporting optics world.
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Old 09-19-2017, 01:25 AM
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I picked up a Prostaff 5 4.5-18x40 with the illuminated Nikoplex reticle. For the money, It has some pretty cool features. Illuminated reticle, Parallax adjustment, Extra sunshade, and Additional xr custom turrets. Everything seems to be pretty decent. Now.. comparing this to my 4 year old Redfield [Budget Leupold] 4-12X40 Duplex reticle, the fine detail Is actually noticeably better In the Redfield. Hard to find a scope with those features for the money though. I'm actually really impressed with the quality of glass In the Redfield line of scopes. Leupold Has restored the Redfield brand IMO. My eyes couldn't really tell the difference Between the Redfield and Leupolds that I compared Side-by-side. I would grab a few in the same price range That you're looking at And see if you can tell a difference. They all pretty much have bulletproof warranties..I'd grab a Redfield If I were in your shoes.
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Old 09-19-2017, 02:11 PM
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If you are looking at the Nikon PROSTAFF 3=9 now is the perfect time to buy. With Nikon's Promotion going on it is under $150. I have one on my son's Tikka T3 .308. Zero issues in 6 years including one sling break that resulted in a 20 foot fall. A few scratches but not even a loss of zero. One of the features I like is the quick focus eye piece found on Nikon's scopes. Lets me make sure what I am looking at is as clear as possible. Make sure you utilize Spot On if you choose the BDC reticle version too. Feel free to drop me a note if you have any question's. Definitely check out this sites Sponsor's too.
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Old 09-19-2017, 02:25 PM
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I just purchased the Nikon Black x 1000 new model for 2017,seems oka,tracs good ,clear for 800 I think it was very well priced,was going to buy a z3 and started looking at that one and figured I would buy my first Nikon,haven't used it much ,but time will tell.
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Old 09-19-2017, 07:14 PM
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All my rifles wear monarchs or prostaff's. Love em for the price.
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Old 09-21-2017, 11:50 AM
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I have a 40mm prostaff 5. I really like it. it works very well with the Nikon shooting app.
I will only buy Nikon from now on. Although, my Redfield 50mm 3x9 is also awesome for the price.
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Old 10-08-2017, 12:43 AM
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I have the Nikon P-308 looks great and awsome glass . I also just got a Nikon Buckmaster 3-9 at Cabelas for $119 .
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Old 10-08-2017, 07:46 AM
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I just picked up another Nikon scope, this one is for my crossbow the Bolt XR.
P.R. is having a clearance sale on all thier surplus/demo Nikon optics.
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Old 10-08-2017, 07:47 AM
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I run the Prostaff 5's, 2.5-10x40, on both my T3 260 and T3 7mm Rem Mag. I think they are excellent scopes and occasional they will come on sale at Cabelas for a fairly substantial discount.
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Old 10-09-2017, 09:17 AM
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Nikon's PROSTAFF 4-12x40 BDC scope is one heck of a value. I put on on my son's and Father In-Law's rifles 6 years ago and neither has missed a deer on not had a one stop shot since. My Father In-Law used to average about 10 shots per deer before getting a decent scope and learning how the BDC reticle worked. My son took right to it and has taken 12 deer with 12 shots. The scope happens to be under a Nikon Promo so check out some of this site's sponsors to see if they can save to $30.

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Old 10-09-2017, 09:16 PM
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I've had good luck with the nikons. Have the monarch 3 in 2.5-10x42 and a 4-16: been happy with both although I do find the circles on the BDC reticle to be a bit too cumbersome for anything past about 400 yards. Would probably go for their mildot reticle next time.
Also have the Monarch 5 binos which I've been happy with. Good value for the money for the scopes and binos
Can't say the same about the Nikon range finders...
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I just purchased the Nikon Black x 1000 new model for 2017,seems oka,tracs good ,clear for 800 I think it was very well priced,was going to buy a z3 and started looking at that one and figured I would buy my first Nikon,haven't used it much ,but time will tell.
Looked through one of these at Bashaw Sports. IMHO beat the crap out of a Zeiss Conquest HD I was looking at and was several hundred $ less. I have a couple Monarch 3s and wouldn't trade them for anything in their price range.
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[QUOTE=gunluvr;3640852]Looked through one of these at Bashaw Sports. IMHO beat the crap out of a Zeiss Conquest HD I was looking at and was several hundred $ less. I have a couple Monarch 3s and wouldn't trade them for anything in their price range.[/QUOTEI


I went there to buy the hd5 or z3 and started to look at the black x 1000 .I had never seen one so I waited till the sun was going down a drove back to look at it again and figured I would give it a try,i put it on a sauer 202 300 win and so far so good.
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If you are looking at the Nikon PROSTAFF 3=9 now is the perfect time to buy. With Nikon's Promotion going on it is under $150. I have one on my son's Tikka T3 .308. Zero issues in 6 years including one sling break that resulted in a 20 foot fall. A few scratches but not even a loss of zero. One of the features I like is the quick focus eye piece found on Nikon's scopes. Lets me make sure what I am looking at is as clear as possible. Make sure you utilize Spot On if you choose the BDC reticle version too. Feel free to drop me a note if you have any question's. Definitely check out this sites Sponsor's too.

Is this promotion over now do you know?
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