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ScottyPotty · 08-31-2007, 03:58 PM

I'm looking for a new scope for my muzzle loader. I don't want to spend a lot (not more than $125)

I was looking at some NcStar scopes and they seem nice, anyone have any experience with them?

any other suggestions - please speak up

**jnclement** · 08-31-2007, 10:52 PM

I'd get a Pentax from cameralandny.com. It's 10 times whatever a NcStar is.

**jonny4523** · 08-31-2007, 11:25 PM

Which muzzleloader did you get? I know Nikon makes a pretty nice scope for muzzle loaders that has a BDC calibrated for muzzzleloader ranges.

ScottyPotty · 09-01-2007, 04:49 AM

TC Omega.

kart racer · 09-02-2007, 05:54 PM

Weaver,nikon,pentax gameseeker,bushnell-most anything but nc star.

Gunzzi · 09-04-2007, 04:34 AM

Don't skimp on optics, trust me you'll regret it....

Burris Fullfield II for around $175.00

Mueller Optics - you can get a nice variable for around or under $150.00

ichy_trigger · 09-04-2007, 05:19 AM

Before you think cheap, think about how optics are made. The cheaper ones are cheap for a reason. Most name brand scope manufactures make designated muzzleloaders and shotguns scopes for a reason. That reason being that those 2 class of guns will beat the living snot out of a scope in very short order through recoil. I have a newer inline that my wife bought for me as a package deal several years ago and I have never been able to get it to group. The reason I suspect is the cheap scope that came on it is not holding zero. Spend some money and get a good scope and it will be peace of mind.

TYFOON · 09-04-2007, 07:10 PM

I was in the same boat a week ago. I got the Mueller Optics 8.5-25 x44 Tactical for my new rifle. I paid $159.00 through SG.

I'll post a review as soon as I get to shoot it, Saturday.

Foon

08-31-2007, 03:58 PM	#1
ScottyPotty XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Akron Area Ohio Posts: 670	Looking for a new scope I'm looking for a new scope for my muzzle loader. I don't want to spend a lot (not more than $125) I was looking at some NcStar scopes and they seem nice, anyone have any experience with them? any other suggestions - please speak up __________________ My XD's XD9 Tactical XD40 Sub Compact XD40 Service You know, this crap happens with in-breeding. You can only hope the unfortunate, screwed up love child would take themselves out of the gene pool when they discover electrical outlets and butter knives or start huffing paint when they're 7 or 8 but every once in a while a truly magnificent specimen makes it to adulthood to display for the world just how freaking stupid they really are.

08-31-2007, 10:52 PM	#2
jnclement XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Texas Posts: 2,390	I'd get a Pentax from cameralandny.com. It's 10 times whatever a NcStar is. __________________ Contrary to what sells magazines, not all of us are, or want to be SpecOps, SEAL, Recon, Delta, CQB, Ninja, firearm-knife-tactical-death-touch instructors.

08-31-2007, 11:25 PM	#3
jonny4523 XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lafayette, IN Posts: 2,022	Which muzzleloader did you get? I know Nikon makes a pretty nice scope for muzzle loaders that has a BDC calibrated for muzzzleloader ranges. __________________ -XD40 Service (Feb 2002) Springer Precision Carry Trigger -XD9 Tactical (June 2007) Springer Competition Trigger, USPSA Production -Remington 870 Mag, 12g, my hunting companion -Thompson/Center Triumph (June 2007) -Ruger Mark II (Oct 2004) Gvt Comp Model -AR build (Sept 07 - May 08 ) Mostly RR NRA, USPSA #TY60062 -If guns kill people, then spoons made Rosie O'Donnel fat! -When seconds count, the police are only minutes away

09-01-2007, 04:49 AM	#4
ScottyPotty XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Akron Area Ohio Posts: 670	TC Omega. __________________ My XD's XD9 Tactical XD40 Sub Compact XD40 Service You know, this crap happens with in-breeding. You can only hope the unfortunate, screwed up love child would take themselves out of the gene pool when they discover electrical outlets and butter knives or start huffing paint when they're 7 or 8 but every once in a while a truly magnificent specimen makes it to adulthood to display for the world just how freaking stupid they really are.

09-04-2007, 04:34 AM	#6
Gunzzi XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 878	Don't skimp on optics, trust me you'll regret it.... Burris Fullfield II for around $175.00 Mueller Optics - you can get a nice variable for around or under $150.00 __________________ NRA Member Warning: May contain lead.... The land of the free BECAUSE of the brave! I don't dial 911 - I use .223

09-02-2007, 05:54 PM	#5
kart racer XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 319	Weaver,nikon,pentax gameseeker,bushnell-most anything but nc star.

09-04-2007, 05:19 AM	#7
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 7,417	Before you think cheap, think about how optics are made. The cheaper ones are cheap for a reason. Most name brand scope manufactures make designated muzzleloaders and shotguns scopes for a reason. That reason being that those 2 class of guns will beat the living snot out of a scope in very short order through recoil. I have a newer inline that my wife bought for me as a package deal several years ago and I have never been able to get it to group. The reason I suspect is the cheap scope that came on it is not holding zero. Spend some money and get a good scope and it will be peace of mind. __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

09-04-2007, 07:10 PM	#8
TYFOON XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 384	I was in the same boat a week ago. I got the Mueller Optics 8.5-25 x44 Tactical for my new rifle. I paid $159.00 through SG. I'll post a review as soon as I get to shoot it, Saturday. Foon

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