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Equipment & Gear => Scopes and Optics => Topic started by: NW-GSP on June 02, 2011, 02:24:27 PM

Title: barska scopes? price too good to be a good scope?
Post by: NW-GSP on June 02, 2011, 02:24:27 PM: found this website with scopes with adjustable turrets for drop and wind for right at $100,
sounds like too good of a price for it to be a good optics. what do you think?
http://www.shopbarska.com/Products-Sniper_Scopes.html (http://www.shopbarska.com/Products-Sniper_Scopes.html)
Title: Re: barska scopes? price too good to be a good scope?
Post by: AWS on June 02, 2011, 03:45:34 PM: Having never owned a Barska scope and not willing to find out the hardway they have a very bad reputation. Quality control is not one of their selling points. They are not a 3 out of 5 star scope more like a no star scope. You can get a close our Vortex Crossfire 6x24x50mm with turrets and mildots for $99 from SWFA. I just picked one up for load developement.

AWS
Title: Re: barska scopes? price too good to be a good scope?
Post by: NW-GSP on June 02, 2011, 05:13:38 PM: I'm guessing it would be better to save up for a better scope.I don't want to have to worry about scope problems when I have a animal in my cross hairs
Title: Re: barska scopes? price too good to be a good scope?
Post by: Jamieb on June 02, 2011, 07:06:36 PM: Barska=POS
Title: Re: barska scopes? price too good to be a good scope?
Post by: 4ager on June 15, 2011, 05:32:54 PM: Irons top Barska, and by a goodly margin.

On a bad day.
Title: Re: barska scopes? price too good to be a good scope?
Post by: Widgeondeke on June 18, 2011, 01:09:58 PM: Cabelas recently had the Nikon ProStaff 3-9x40 on sale for $100. I seriously thinking of putting one on my son's .30-06 for WY antelope this year.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Nikon-Pro-Staff-Riflescope/729045.uts?destination=%2Fbrowse.cmd%3FcategoryId%3D104752080%22&WTz_l=Unknown%3Bcat104792580%3Bcat104752080 (http://www.cabelas.com/product/Nikon-Pro-Staff-Riflescope/729045.uts?destination=%2Fbrowse.cmd%3FcategoryId%3D104752080%22&WTz_l=Unknown%3Bcat104792580%3Bcat104752080)
Title: Re: barska scopes? price too good to be a good scope?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 18, 2011, 01:41:02 PM: There is a lot better scopes out there for just a few more bucks. I have a red dot on my MKII made by barska and it works just fine. I would not trust there stuff on anything but a small cal.
Title: Re: barska scopes? price too good to be a good scope?
Post by: oneezreiter on June 18, 2011, 02:03:27 PM: I had a set of their binos and they sucked bad. Foged up so bad the first time I was out they were useless.
Title: Re: barska scopes? price too good to be a good scope?
Post by: rosscrazyelk on June 18, 2011, 08:41:30 PM: Quote from: Jamieb on June 02, 2011, 07:06:36 PM
Barska=POS

:yeah:
I can't even believe they are still in business selling crap like they do.
Title: Re: barska scopes? price too good to be a good scope?
Post by: zmhayward on June 29, 2011, 08:27:03 PM: I own a barska scope and wouldnt dream of taking it anywhere but the range. Even then they suck. If your looking for economical you are much better off going with a bushnell. Much clearer but no matter what your budget you get what you pay for for the most part.