Advice on new handgun scope?

[cleveland48]

I'm looking for a new scope to go on my ruger blackhawk flattop 44 mag.  It has a six and half inch barrel.  What would you prefer.  I'm kinda liking a fixed 2 power but a variable would have its uses too.  So whay manufacturer do you prefer.  I don't have the money for the leupold.  So i'm looking at the weaver, swift, bushnes(not much luck with these in rifle),, or bsa or anything you may use I left out.  I shoot healthy charges of H110 in my 44 so toughness needs to be an issue. Thanks guys and good luck this year.

[Graybeard]

2X is all you need on a .44 mag revolver. It's hard to beat the Leupold but really I kinda like the Bushnell 2X a bit better as it has a 28mm rather than 20mm objective so is much brighter during low light early and late hunting.

You can likely get a used Leupold for what a new one of the scopes you mention would cost you and it carries a life time warranty which they don't.

[cleveland48]

Graybeard which bushnell model are you refering too? the trophy?

[Graybeard]

Graybeard which bushnell model are you refering too? the trophy?

Prolly BUT...I've had it a few years got it used from a member here thru the classifieds. It had the flip up type scope covers on it and I didn't take them off as I usually do. I tried just now to see and wasn't able to. I think I'd ruin them and maybe damage the scope to use more force than I did. They've aged on it and just don't seem to want to come off. I hate them and should have taken them off when I got it but didn't.

It's the brightest and clearest handgun scope I've ever owned. I think all I have left now besides it are one or two Leupold 2X scopes and a Bushnell Trophy 2-6 I got from the classifieds here for a project that never developed. I don't think I've ever even opened the package it came in. I don't have a scope on any of my handguns at this time.

[eye shot]

I use a Burris 2x7x32 Balistic Plex on a 454 bull gun and 12ga slug gun. This pistol scope is rugged, made in USA, good glass, and has a bigger FOV than the others mentioned.

[Graybeard]

Actually it has the same FOV at 2X as does the Leupold 2X. Yes those two have the widest FOV at that magnification range of those available.