3-9x40 suggestions

[scooter079]

Okay I have a budget of about 200. What make model 3-9x40 do I buy.
Vortex, nikon, leupold ect. Not real experienced in buying scopes

[Redbeardsong]

You can get a Leupold VX-1 3-9x40 in that price range. I'm sure Nikon has an option too.

[scooter079]

Most companies do I just don't know which one is the best investment. I'm kinda leaning towards the vortex due to the warranty and made in the USA

[TurretGunner]

Any optic variable optic under $300 is just not worth owning. A SWFA SS or Bushnell Midway 10X in mil/mil are the best options in the low price range (unless this is just a plinking gun)

[faster200]

I don't think Vortex has any scopes made in the USA at that price point. Most Vortex optics are made in the Philippines. At least my HS 4-16x50 and PST 1-4x24 where Philippines made.

[davidz71]

If you are putting this on a bolt action and want a worry free scope, I would save a little more money and go with the Leupold VXIII 3.5X10. I've had a 3X9 Leupold 3X9AO since 1979 mounted to a Rem. 700 BDL and it has been rock solid. I also have a Nikon 3X9 BDC scope mounted on my TC muzzleloader and after shooting a big 10 point buck several years ago I slipped on wet grass while dragging the deer out. I took a spill and the scope landed on a big rock. It scarred the surface of the scope but a sight-in the next weekend showed the scope was still on.

[Boba Fett v2]

Okay I have a budget of about 200. What make model 3-9x40 do I buy.
Vortex, nikon, leupold ect. Not real experienced in buying scopes

Take a serious look at the Redfield Revolution (http://www.redfield.com/) line. Made in USA. Now owned and backed by Leupold's lifetime warranty. Redfield is putting out good products. No joke.

[TurretGunner]

I don't think Vortex has any scopes made in the USA at that price point. Most Vortex optics are made in the Philippines. At least my HS 4-16x50 and PST 1-4x24 where Philippines made.
Vortex doesn't make anything. Their scopes are Chinese , phillpinenes, or japan. Their rings are seekins. They don't have any organic manufacturing capability as far as I have read or heard.

[SomeOtherGuy]

As others have noted, Vortex doesn't make anything in the USA. All imported from various asian countries. The $200 models are, I believe, made in China.

There is no $200 3-9x scope I can recommend enthusiastically, but the Redfield is perhaps the only one I can recommend somewhat. The Redfield Revolution is assembled in the US, although the parts probably come from China. The other series of Redfield are made in the Philippines, still a cut above most Chinese stuff.

For $140 or so you could get a made in Japan Weaver K4, 4x38mm, which although fixed power has very good glass and weighs almost nothing (11 or 12oz, I believe).