Yeah, mine works just fine. It appears to be a true 1x at the lowest magnification. I like that it’s a FFP scope, and the glass is pretty clear. I have only two complaints…one not too serious, the other kind of annoying. I don’t know if the second problem will affect you.Rafe wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 3:55 pmI hope it's workin' okay for you.The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 1:05 pm I have the 1-6.5X version of that scope mounted on a DMR upper.I mean, since mine just shipped.
It'll be a little while before I'll be able to give a verdict. Same thing I did the last scope I bought: I got a wild hair and started swapping and exchanging components that ended up requiring four guns to be sighted in. Stoner platforms: the shooter's Tinker Toys. So I'm not gonna put the 1x8 where I thought. I'll play a sliding puzzle game of swap 'em. It may not seem like a good idea after I've done it, but...
1. On mine, the reticle is a little difficult to pick up and use at lower magnification without dialing the illumination way up…and then it "blooms" a little bit.
2. Back when I got mine…maybe 8 years ago…they were available with either 1/4 MOA or .1 Mil adjustments in the windage/elevation turrets. Since the other tactically oriented magnified optics I had at the time all had milling turrets and reticles, I went with that option. The problem is that the BDC in the BTR-1 reticle is MOA only; so the turret adjustments on mine don’t match the BDC on the reticle.
You have to do slightly more complicated math in your head to make it work. At 100 yards, a .1 mil adjustment moves the point of impact 0.36" instead of .25". At 200 yards, 1 click moves it .72" instead of .5"…at 300 yards, 1.08" instead of .75"…etc., etc. If the subventions n the BDC were in mils,this would be a none issue, but they’re not. Here’s a link to the owner's manual. Go to page 9 and you’ll see what I mean: https://www.bushnell.com/on/demandware. ... RV0222.pdf
My son has the exact same scope I have (he bought two, and I paid him for one of them), and that discrepancy doesn’t bother him at all. But we are using them differently. His is mounted on a 16" carbine, and I guess you could call it a general purpose recce rifle. Mine is mounted on an 18" heavy-barreled DMR, and I would find it much easier to use the reticle if the BDC matched the turrets.
None of this is probably going to be an issue for you, since I don’t think Bushnell has even offered the 1-6.5x version with milling turrets in a number of years, and you have a model they didn’t even make back then…the 1-8x.
I also own three other currently unused magnified optics, two of which I’m trying to figure out which one to mount on my SCAR-17. One is a Primary Arms SLx 1-6x24mm FFP with red illuminated ACSS Raptor reticle, and the other is a Primary Arms SLx 3X MicroPrism with red illuminated ACSS Raptor reticle. The third optic is a Vortex 4-16x Viper PST II FFP MRAD, which I’m holding back for a planned future hunting rifle build. If I decide to go with the 3X micro prism on the SCAR (I’m trying to keep the all-up weight down if I can), then I’ll dismount the Bushnell scope from my DMR upper, replace it with the Primary Arms 1-6x, and probably sell off the Bushnell. Alternatively, I might swap out the 2-10x Viper PST II FFP MRAD that’s currently on my Ruger Scout rifle, put it on the DMR upper, and mount the 1-6x Primary Arms scope on the Scout Rifle.
Anyway, that’s been my experience. They were priced considerably higher back when I bought mine. You got a good deal. If you change your mind, I can recommend the Primary Arms LVPOs with the ACSS reticle.