Baush and Lomb

[tobster]

My neighbor stopped by on his way home from an auction with a Ruger 77 chambered in 7mm mag. topped off with a Baush and Lomb 2-7 variable. It struck me as being a nice compact scope.  Anyone know anything about them?

[bobg]

   B&L is now owned by Bushnell. I could be wrong but i think the Bushnell Elite is the B&L.

[Ladobe]

Related maybe.   I've had several spotting scopes, couple so called higher end, but only my B&L from the early 50's still resides with me... none of the others do.

[Lloyd Smale]

good scope and in there day were as good as scopes costing twice there price. technology like in everything else has raised the bar on scopes and the old bl scopes arent as good as some of the newer models but that scope would probably still give any 200 dollar new scope a run for its money. I even have a couple old bushnell scopechief 2.5x8s left. there the 0nly old scopes ive held on too. theres certainly better glass out there today but those old scopechiefs again still give mid priced scopes a run for there money.

[jeff]

B&L produced excellent scopes.  The current Bushnell 4200 is a take off of the B&L Elite 4000. Absolutely nothing wrong with that scope at all.

[Lloyd Smale]

the older b&l scopes are more comparable to 3200 bushnells, at least to my eyes. The 4200s have alot better glass. Not that theres anything glaringly wrong with a 3200.

[pastorp]

Actually the only thing wrong with any of the bushnell product line is the lack of willingness by the company to honor their warranty. So I don't buy from them any more. 

Regards,

[Lloyd Smale]

you got that right. I really like there 4200 scopes but after the hastle they gave me i wouldnt buy another if it were a 100 bucks!!

Actually the only thing wrong with any of the bushnell product line is the lack of willingness by the company to honor their warranty. So I don't buy from them any more. 

Regards,

[Ladobe]

My 60+ year old B&L has never needed service, so I never felt the need to buy a newer one from them.   The other brands I bought for big bucks I thought I needed for the more power they offered, I didn't.