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Equipment & Gear => Scopes and Optics => Topic started by: Ridge Hunter on April 29, 2014, 09:51:19 PM

Title: Burris Scope Opinions
Post by: Ridge Hunter on April 29, 2014, 09:51:19 PM: Hi All,

I am looking at two Burris scopes to put on top of a new light weight .308 winchester, I am planning on purchasing tommow night so any input you have on Burris good or bad particularly to the two scopes listed would be great. I cant decide if I want to go with the fullfield 3x9x40 with E1 reticle or the new 3x9x40 c4 plus. I really like the c4 plus but am a little concerned if the exposed elevation know will be a issue with bumping or rubbing things during hunting and always having to check to see if the knob is dialed in correctly before every shot.

Thanks for any and all input!
Title: Re: Burris Scope Opinions
Post by: hillbilli on April 29, 2014, 10:09:19 PM: I have a couple of the burris fullfields with BDC reticle, E1 just appears to have windage dots and otherwise be the same.. that would be my vote.. good scopes for the money..
Title: Re: Burris Scope Opinions
Post by: Buzz2401 on April 30, 2014, 07:10:12 AM: I have three Burris scopes. Two Fullfield II and one Euro diamond. My Euro Diamond is my favorite scope I have. That is comparing it to Swarovski , Leupold, Redfield and Zeiss, but I just got the Zeiss and am really liking it. I have never had one fail yet but my friend did have one fog up that was about 10 years old or so. He sent it back and Burris had a brand new Fullfield in the mail within days. I like them.
Title: Re: Burris Scope Opinions
Post by: headshot5 on April 30, 2014, 07:35:46 AM: Quote
Hi All,

I am looking at two Burris scopes to put on top of a new light weight .308 winchester, I am planning on purchasing tommow night so any input you have on Burris good or bad particularly to the two scopes listed would be great. I cant decide if I want to go with the fullfield 3x9x40 with E1 reticle or the new 3x9x40 c4 plus. I really like the c4 plus but am a little concerned if the exposed elevation know will be a issue with bumping or rubbing things during hunting and always having to check to see if the knob is dialed in correctly before every shot.

Thanks for any and all input!

I have had excellent luck with burris scopes. If you are planning to hunt thick brush with your gun, it might be worth noting the C4 does not have a zero stop. So it is possible to be off and not know which direction to turn to find your zero. Or you can use a piece of tape to hold it where you want and remove it to dial if needed.

I have not used the E1 reticle but have ran the regular BDC FFII's on several guns and they have held up really well.
Title: Re: Burris Scope Opinions
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on April 30, 2014, 07:37:41 AM: I have several Burris scopes, and like them a lot. Some say they've had trouble with Burris stuff, but I never have. My last Burris scope is a 30mm LRT 3.5-10 and it's a great scope. For most purposes, I prefer adjustments under caps, for the exact reason you gave. I have a scope with exposed turrets, and one time when I slid the gun out of the case, I heard one of the turrets turning. I'm more careful with it now...
Title: Re: Burris Scope Opinions
Post by: BULLBLASTER on April 30, 2014, 03:03:45 PM: I have had numerous pieces of burris glass. Scopes and binos. Always been a good value for the money... however I would have a hard time buyingI any more due to a warranty issue on my burris binos they broke amd were supposed to have a lifetime warrenty... well burris no longer makes binos Steiner has taken that part (same company) inset of trading my bingo for comparable steiners they offered me a discount on new steiners... thats not a great warranty in my eyes.
Title: Re: Burris Scope Opinions
Post by: superdown on April 30, 2014, 03:19:09 PM: I bought my Dad a Burris Timberline 3-9x32 for his Browning Blr in .358 win and has held up perfectly through target practice and two successful deer seasons so far using Buffalo bore barnes 225grn tsx @2500fps. I would buy one again based on my experience. :twocents:
Title: Re: Burris Scope Opinions
Post by: MarkyMark on April 30, 2014, 03:41:29 PM: BLR .358 for your old man. That's an awesome gift.
Title: Re: Burris Scope Opinions
Post by: wadu1 on April 30, 2014, 03:41:42 PM: I have four Burris scopes, three Fullfield II and a 3X9X40 rimfire scope. The Euro diamond is on my list to get to put on my 9.3X62 Full Stock CZ. I did a nice slide down a snowy mountain on top of my nephews Fullfield II, he said it never would zero again. So I got him another and sent the damaged one back to Burris, Burris resealed the damaged one and sent me another. The only Burris product I had issues with was a 60X spotting scope and to find out after selling it was me. I could not use them with glasses, the guy I sold it to is still using it 10 years later without problems. :twocents:
Title: Re: Burris Scope Opinions
Post by: Ridge Hunter on April 30, 2014, 07:17:13 PM: Thanks every one for all of your good input! I called and talked with Burris two times today as well, there customer service seems to be good and they where very helpfull. For the above exposed turret reasons I think I am going to go with the 3x9x40 Fullfield with the E1 reticle.
Title: Re: Burris Scope Opinions
Post by: Jburke on May 01, 2014, 02:49:45 PM: I have two different Fullfield 2's. Both work great and I am completely happy with them. With that being said, if this is going on a lightweight rifle you could probably find a lighter scope, if you want to spend more. :twocents:
Title: Re: Burris Scope Opinions
Post by: thinkingman on May 04, 2014, 07:28:42 AM: Two Burris FFII's and no problems.
One lives on top of a Tikka 300WSM, so it gets recoil-tested.
I like the E1 better because the power ring is separate from the ocular, so if you use Butler Creek covers, they don't rotate when you change power.
Burris glass is much better than Leupold in my direct comparisons.