I'm intending to buy a couple of rifle scopes. I've got a cheap Bushnell 3-9x40 on my deer rifle, and nicer (though still not exactly high dollar) Burris FFII 3-9x40 on my elk rifle. I quite like the Burris and am intending to standardize on that scope.
I just bought a CZ-452 Varmint, and need a scope for it. I was going to just buy 2 FFII's and put one on the deer rifle, and one on the 452. But the 452, being a rimfire, seems like it might be handicapped by having a scope with 100-150 yard paralax settings on it, vs the 50-75yard paralax setting on "rimfire" scopes. And I'm not sure that I want to pony up for an AO scope.
On SWFA they have a number of package deals on the FFII's going on right now. One option is to get a FFII with a "free" 3-9x40 rimfire scope. Other options includes a "free" bi-pod, or $50 mail in rebate. They have some binocular and spotting scope packages too, but I'm not considering them.
One thought I had was to get 2 scopes with the bi-pods. But then I was thinking that those might be such cheap bipods that it wouldn't be worth it. They kinda look like Harris bi-pods, but I can't tell. I'd like to get at least one bi-pod though, but only if it's good enough quality to be worth the expense. Same type of concern with rimfire scope. If the bi-pod and/or rimfire scope are good quality I'd be happy with them. But I remember the 20x spotting scope that came with the scope on my elk rifle. It was a piece of junk.
So, what would you all recommend? One FFII with the rimfire scope (and spend the $210 saved on a Harris bi-pod, ammo, slings, range fees, etc), two FFII's with bi-pods, two with the $50 rebate and get a Harris bi-pod and a good sling with the rebate money, or one each with bi-pod and rebate? Or one FFII with the bi-pod or rebate and then buy some other brand rimfire scope (in this case some recommendations for a rimfire scope in the $200 range would be appreciated)?
