Re: Counterfeit...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 10Xview</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Optical factory on eBay? Counterfeits? I wonder if that why they suddenly have several Bushnell Excusion FFP spotters for sale.
I bought one several weeks back and this thread caused me to look it over more carefully. Everything on this one and its accessories checks out with all the photos I could find, mostly in reviews here on the hide. Still, I wonder, as the glass doesn't seem as good as some of the reviewers indicated it should be. Mostly fairly heavy peripheral spherical aberation throughout the range of powers.
Another odd thing is that the auction cited the item's location as being Texas, yet it shipped from Oregon. Seems unusual to me, but maybe not significant. Not packaged very well, but lightning fast shipping.
Sorry to hear about your trouble. Cause for concern for sure. </div></div>
Same went for me... what is awfull in my case, is he has been selling the real thing for a while... but he start selling knock off not long before I bought mine....
I had contact one guy who had bought a TRS from him a month before I bought my LRS... The guys seem to be really happy with it, and claimed to be a canadian soldier operating in afghanistan, so I went with the purchase.. the LRS-1 finnaly arrive 2 month after many communication and aditional discount...
I had never see a really millett before, they are not in store here, so I could not compare it, thus explaining why it took me a while to find out...once trouble started to occure....
About the comment on why putting 550 on half descent scope.. well, here in Canada, Elite 4200 series start at 500$, and I'm talking about the 3-9x-42mm, so the tactical model go in 600-700$.... I tried to order a LRS-1 from opticsplanet.com, but they now refuse to sell any rifle optic out of USA... something related to ITAC?
So even at 550$, the LRS, with its glasses in the range opf the Bushnell Elite 3200 serie is a not so bad deal, not brilliant for sure, but not awfull either..
About your spotting scope, take it to a store where they sell them and compare it, including its picture resolution and quality...
If you turn out to have a real one... you might be able to send it to Bushnell?
Cheers