I just bought a Ruger Precision Rifle off of a guy in TN. It comes with a Bushnell XRS Elite 4.5-30x50, the few reviews I found seem overwhelmingly positive, and it was over $2000 with the badger rings he put on it, but all the experience I have with Bushnell has been pretty mediocre. Is the elite line worth keeping? Or selling and replacing with something like NF or USO? I basically got the rifle for free with the purchase of the scope ($2000 out the door for the rifle, case, scope, rings, brake, bipod). so if I do sell it, it'll basically be found money.

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At the long range course I attended (Accuracy1st), these scopes were on the list of "worth the money". You got a steal of a deal. Shoot it as is and see how you like it before parting it out. Either way, you have a pretty good rifle set up and got an awesome deal.

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Originally posted by fgwilliams1:
At the long range course I attended (Accuracy1st), these scopes were on the list of "worth the money". You got a steal of a deal. Shoot it as is and see how you like it before parting it out. Either way, you have a pretty good rifle set up and got an awesome deal.

good to know! Thank you for taking the time to respond. I thought it was a hell of a deal as well. I definitely wasn't in the market for a bolt rifle but couldn't pass this deal up. I figure worst case I dislike the gun, take the scope off, sell the gun and save for a custom rifle. This should be more than adequate for 500-1000, I don't have anywhere to shoot farther than that anyways.

Now I need to find a good throw lever and flip up caps.

Holy sh!t that's a Hell of a Steal and very nice scope to boot!

I don't know anything about long range shooting but I do know, what's not broke don't fix it. Try it out and see if you like it, some of the long range shooters use Bushnell about 2% according to Precision Rifle Blog.

PRB

It can take a beating and remain optically clear. Good value from the price point. Just a curiosity but does it have the G2 reticle?

The XRS Tactical Elite is an excellent scope.

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Originally posted by CQB60:
It can take a beating and remain optically clear. Good value from the price point. Just a curiosity but does it have the G2 reticle?

I think It does. G2 FFP?

Got one. Mil turret/Mil reticle/FFP. Like it a lot. The main thing I like is when I go from zero to 8.8 mils, etc., then back down to 5 mils, then back up to 8.8 mils, etc., it hits in the same spot, over and over. Reliable tracking is a big deal to me. Cons would be, no zero stop, and not a single rotation turret, to get from 100 to 1000 yards (ie, have to go around twice to get from zero to nine or ten mil elevation). Neither is a big deal to me, but worth noting.

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Originally posted by Brother:
Got one. Mil turret/Mil reticle/FFP. Like it a lot. The main thing I like is when I go from zero to 8.8 mils, etc., then back down to 5 mils, then back up to 8.8 mils, etc., it hits in the same spot, over and over. Reliable tracking is a big deal to me. Cons would be, no zero stop, and not a single rotation turret, to get from 100 to 1000 yards (ie, have to go around twice to get from zero to nine or ten mil elevation). Neither is a big deal to me, but worth noting.

They advertise it as having zero stop.

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Originally posted by Brother:
Got one. Mil turret/Mil reticle/FFP. Like it a lot. The main thing I like is when I go from zero to 8.8 mils, etc., then back down to 5 mils, then back up to 8.8 mils, etc., it hits in the same spot, over and over. Reliable tracking is a big deal to me. Cons would be, no zero stop, and not a single rotation turret, to get from 100 to 1000 yards (ie, have to go around twice to get from zero to nine or ten mil elevation). Neither is a big deal to me, but worth noting.

They advertise it as having zero stop.

Ahhhhh . . . mine must be old.

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Originally posted by Brother:

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Originally posted by cmr076:

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Originally posted by Brother:
Got one. Mil turret/Mil reticle/FFP. Like it a lot. The main thing I like is when I go from zero to 8.8 mils, etc., then back down to 5 mils, then back up to 8.8 mils, etc., it hits in the same spot, over and over. Reliable tracking is a big deal to me. Cons would be, no zero stop, and not a single rotation turret, to get from 100 to 1000 yards (ie, have to go around twice to get from zero to nine or ten mil elevation). Neither is a big deal to me, but worth noting.

They advertise it as having zero stop.

Ahhhhh . . . mine must be old.

I'm not sure how old mine is. I'll have it Tuesday! Jut talked to my neighbor to sign for it so It's not sitting on my porch all day

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Originally posted by David W:
I don't know anything about long range shooting but I do know, what's not broke don't fix it. Try it out and see if you like it, some of the long range shooters use Bushnell about 2% according to Precision Rifle Blog.

PRB

full test results are here: http://precisionrifleblog.com/...est-results-summary/

not too shabby

scope arrived in one piece! It does have zero stop and the G2 DMR reticle. Cant wait to get the gun tonight!

Sweet! Enjoy.