anybody try NcStar pistol scopes

have any of you tried these pistol scopes. they are cheap, but so were the tasco pro class 30 mm and i could not blow that off my 45-70 contender

Had their 2-7x variable on a Contender in 22 Hornet & it worked well. Reasonably clear & a great bang for the buck. Don't know on something stouter though...

I think Mr. Vance is 100% on target!

Personally, I would go with the 2.5-8 Weaver...

I can get a 2.5x for $35 clams. it would be worth trying just to see how long it would last

Had a 2.5 on a 22/45 ruger --it did well--but you get what you pay for--in the long run

I bought one, just because. I mean it was sooooo cheap. I put the 2x7 on a Ruger Mk II about 3-4 four years ago....and it has been there every since. I would not trust it on anything larger the a .22 but for a rabbit shootin' or IHMSA prone where I mostly shoot in full light (I don't think it gathers much light)it works just great. I don't use the power adjustment much and I don't know how it would work out for hundreds of movements but I have to admit that I have gotten more use then I ever expected out of it.

Bill in OR

It seems someone had told me that NCStar had bought out Tasco and now they were one in the same. Can anyone confirm this?

I have never had one, but I have thought about trying one. I just went over to amazon. com and checked their reviews and it seems they might be a great value for the money.

http://www.amazon.com/NcSTAR%C2%AE-7x32-...howViewpoints=1

i had a 2.5x on a 22/45 ruger mkII also. it worked well. i would only use one on a rimfire, unless i was just playing around to see what it was made of for funsies.

i had a 2x7 for a VERY short time on my 30-30AI. the adjustment range was too small to even get it sighted in. a 2x7 burris has been on it ever since.

This scope comes up every so often here for the last 3 or so years. Over time from what I have read it's a 50-50 deal. The heavy kickers usually tear them up. A "few" guys had had them hold together for 3-400 rounds on a big gun. And yes they have a forever warrenty to replace them. Most that use them on 22's are satisfied.

Here's my question. Do you really want to trust a cheap scope that has a track record to break on anything more than a 22 for fun shooting? Save the extra coin and get a good scope you only have to mount once and not wonder if that last shot ruined the scope and the next shot on a great animal is going to be true.

In my thinking of trying one, I never intended to hunt with it. I have several bigbore revolvers that I never hunt with but like to shoot.

This is really the only feedback that I have read about them and if they are only good for 500 or so rounds.....I have no use for one.

I have one that has been through about 30 rounds on my 50 AE deser Eagle. Only issues i have had were the mounting rings...damn screws striped from the recoil. Also muzzle blast started to bake teh lower portion of the scope. I have since went to a leupold MA on the eagle, and the scope will be sitting on my S&W A22. Still works though. Paid 75 bucks for it. Tell you this it held up better than teh BSA red dot sight i bought for about 20 bucks more than i paid for it.

I have one on a .221 Firewball Remington xp for about 3 or 4 years now with no trouble so far . Eye relief is a bit short on the higher powers, but its held its zero .

not for a kicker killed one on 454 SRH. and a BSA /simmons /tasco/ 454 or 500s&w took them out kwik .go ultra dot leupold.nikon.buris.have not tryed bushnell yet srcared i will kill it. lol

I've had one on my 256 Win Mag and it works great.
Like others have said, not sure about a big kicker.

I have a 2-7X on my Contender Super 14 .30-30. I've hunted with it for a couple years and have no complaints.

Mike