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Offline original

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refurbished bsa 4-16
« on: December 30, 2009, 02:13:20 PM »
has anyone bought one of the refurbed bsa's from natchez, the 4x12x40?  $35 seems like a good deal or is it not even worth that?   i wil be using it on a 204 or 223. 
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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2009, 06:08:50 PM »
If an elcheapo scope was junk the first time out of the factory why would ya think it will be better the next time? Bottom line nope I've not tried them and wouldn't if Natchez paid me the $35. Wasting money on such cheap crap is not a wise investment. Better to buy good stuff to begin with than having to replace crap when it fails and fail it will.
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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2009, 01:09:13 AM »
Don't hold back Bill, go ahead and tell the man what you really think :)
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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2009, 02:16:45 AM »
I long ago learned the folly of trying to save money by buying cheap optics. Folks can either learn from personal experience which is the hard way or can take the advice of folks who've made the mistakes in life already and avoid having to repeat them.
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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2009, 04:29:41 AM »
thanks for the info.  i am new to the shooting thing so i dont really know anything about bsa?  i take it they are junk? 
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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2010, 01:09:31 PM »
I put a 6x24 on a heavy barrel .22 last year.  So far it works OK for me just punching paper.  It might be a piece of junk, but with the target turrets and sun shield, it sure looks impressive ::)  I musta got screwed though, because i paid $79, NIB.  Oh well...
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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2010, 03:32:08 PM »
I have two bsa's and they work great.  Bright and clear.  They don't fog and I snipe chipmunks with a 4-12 mildot.  I'd rather have a nikon but they work fine.
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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2010, 03:42:27 AM »
i too have gotten a 4 or 5 and i did have one go bad but they made good on the warranty   the one on a 223 i have  is pretty awesome
i have some high end glass too   BUT bill is right if my life   or the hunt of a lifetime the better scopes get the nod
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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2010, 06:17:35 AM »
35 dollars seems like a good deal to me.  But I think 45 would be better.

Wait, I thought Natchez was paying you to take it off thier hands.  In that case I am will Bill.  No way in hell would I pay for one.
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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2010, 10:18:01 AM »
Put some of these cheapo scopes on a rifle that has some recoil, say a .300 Weatherby, and before you shoot 100 rounds it will come apart inside. Usually when you zoom the power from low to high, a shift in bullet impact will result, adjustments will not be accurate or jump all over the target, etc.

I have to agree with Graybeard, Good shooting= Good rifle, good ammo, good optics.
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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2010, 10:21:07 AM »
Hickok,
I have a BSA that has shot several hundred rounds on a 30-06 and then was placed on a .50 mz loader.  No problems. 
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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2010, 12:13:13 PM »
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.  In other words, you've been given good advice but you don't have to listen.
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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2010, 12:03:36 PM »
LOL! I laughed so hard when I saw this post! There are 2 very negative things about that scope: 1) "refurbished" and 2) BSA, and not necessarily in that order! LOL

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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2010, 09:34:48 PM »
BSA=Better Select Another

I've had two, both taken in trades. One was new in the box and inoperable at that stage. The other had a lens fall out after a couple shots atop a hard-kicking .223.
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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2010, 04:57:23 AM »
 .......hard-kicking .223.......<---- Oxymoron!!??  

Sorry, couldn't resist.
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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #15 on: January 14, 2010, 10:01:36 AM »
amen to that. A 35 dollar scope relates to about a 1000 dollar brand new truck. Any bets on the reliablility of either.
Quote from: Graybeard on December 31, 2009, 02:16:45 AM
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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2010, 03:35:20 PM »
I have had no good luck at all with anything I have ever bought that was labeled "refurbished". 

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Re: refurbished bsa 4-16
« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2010, 05:51:32 PM »
I think I have come up with a scope that would me worse than a BSA scope....

That would be a refurbished BSA scope.
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