BSA Catseye

[sharpshooter94]

Anyone use the new ones? I am thinking of putting a 3-12x44SF Catseye on one of my rifles. Has anyone had trouble with one. It would be on a 30-06 with light to medium use. Thanks!

[swamp]

BSA... that to me raises a red flag

[sharpshooter94]

ummmm...could you elaborate there? I don't have the $600 for a high dollar "good" scope. I want to know it anyone has had any PROBLEMS with the Catseye line not someone's preference. Please refrain from posting unless your post will be helpful. Thank you

[swamp]

ummmm...could you elaborate there? I don't have the $600 for a high dollar "good" scope. I want to know it anyone has had any PROBLEMS with the Catseye line not someone's preference. Please refrain from posting unless your post will be helpful. Thank you

I hope you do buy the bsa catseye so you can report on it... LOL ... just my opinion... couldnt find a catseye report but the reviews on this similarly priced bsa scope was fairly enlightening...

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0065995713192a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntt=bsa&Ntk=Products&sort=all&Go.y=2&N=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&Go.x=21&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form1

[kjjm4]

I have had good luck with Weaver and Sightron if you want a decent scope that won't break your wallet. I have a 2-10x Weaver on my '06 and a 3-9x Sigthron on my 6.5x55 and both have been dependable scopes.

[Twanger]

BSA = Been Suckered Again

I FAR prefer the Bushnell line. Get the 4200 if you wallet allows, or get the 3200 if you need to go lower cost.

Leupolds are good value in the Rifleman series. Sure the VX-3's are expensive, but not totally necessary.

[BadgerSlayer]

How y'all doing? I am new here, one of your senior members, who I know from another hunting pit stop, suggested I join up here.

I have had real bad luck with BSA myself long ago, when they were a new company. But it was not a Catseye so I will have you read the next paragraph.

Last year a friend of mine put a Catseye (don't remember the magnification) on his 7mm Rem Mag, zeroed it no problem, and put it in his hard case until a week before deer season. When he took it to verify his zero before the season, the scope went from minute of angle, to minute of Buick. I mean a hodge podge of 6" groups. He wasted a box and a half of good hunting ammo (Federal), until he realised the scope was FUBAR. It now wears a Nikon Buckmaster, and it holds zero.

But having said that, a fella I used to work with until a year ago, put one on his .25-06 with no problems. He said he still has it. BUT he seldom hunts, only once a year.

Every company drops the ball once in a while, but 1 out of 3 for me is not going to cut it. The one that survives on a lower powered rifle, hardly being used.

Now just to say it, although I have nothing to back it up (sorry), I would not buy a sub $100 scope with that much magnification. My lowest standard is a Bushnell Trophy XLT (and next pay day I will own one), or a Sightron SI in 3-9x. But the XLT's are fully multi coated.

Just my two cents, but I would have to say "Run Forrest run!"

[LE]

I am a sucker for inexpesive optics. I have lucked out on most, but not all. Someone once said to spend as much or more on the glass as you did for the gun. I understand the logic behind it.