10 Best Rifle Scope For 100 To 500 Yards (2023 Updated)

I bought these 2 weeks ago. When I opened the box and looked at the tripod adapter. I looked at it and said ” You have go to be kidding. It has a big bulky block with an elastic band to wrap around the binoculars.

I would open up the binoculars to match my face and they would squeeze closed. the base sticks out of the case when closed. The purpose of buying binoculars of this magnification is to set them on a tripod for glassing.

When I returned them to Cabelas and told the Optics saleman what I did not like about them he nodded knowingly. He told me that he took a class from Leopold on how to install the adapter. Who ever designed these was not a hunter.

The binoculars are great but the tripod stinks.

You can always spend more buy why? These BX-4 Pro Guide bino’s work very well in low contrast light. They are better than my eyes in seeing difference in green and brown and grey under dusk conditions.

Made in Japan shows in the glass quality, fit, and finish. Everything is tight and solid and designed for ease of use. Even the padded strap and case are well thought out and useful. I chose 8 x 42 over higher power or larger size because of smaller weight/size, easier to keep steady, long eye relief to accommodate my glasses, large exit pupil, and wide field of view.

I’m also not shooting past 150 yards. The eye relief is so long that I can rotate the eye pieces out to the 1st stop and use with my glasses. The “Guide” that comes in the box is generic and doesn’t point out specific features like ability to “lock” the eye pieces at the “stops”.

The padded strap has the nice feature of short tethers that are fixed to the bino with clips to un-fasten from the strap. The rubber “snap”covers for the “large” lenses are fixed to the bino with a circular rubber part, but can be removed if needed.

The rubber cover for the “eye” lenses is the typical one piece that can be tethered. No tether was provided for this. I did not need to use the diopter adjustment for the eyepiece as factory calibration was spot on in the neutral position, as I have 20/20 vision with glasses.

Recently received my BX4 12X50s and honestly was surprised. I have used several of the “other guys” products for work and even though they cost significantly more, I definitely prefer the BX4s. They are super light but very study.

My daughter decided she could drop them from her play structure (8 ft) and watch them bounce. While I was horrified when I saw it happening, the lens covers and armored coating did their jobs! Everything is super tight still.

Oh and glassing bucks is way more productive now. The 12s are the way to go. Good work Leupold you’ve locked another customer in for life.

Have had this spotting scope for several years, great power for the weight, typical Leupold quality, rugged have used out west elk hunting, and here in the south rain, snow or shine, I use mine with a pair of Leupold gold ring Bino.

‘s 10 by 42, and use it to 20 power if i don’t feel like carrying a more powerful spotting scope, it is very handy and light weight!.

I like how compact it is , makes it light and easy to carry . It is very clear but focus knob is to sensitive making it harder to get a clear view . Maybe I will get used to it .

If you are looking for a cheap rangefinder for hunting this is it. Its max range is 450 yards or so, but honestly if you go past 200 yards the rangefinder will kinda lag while your hand shakes trying to get a good scan on the target, so its better for hunting purposes rather than golf.

If you are going to use it for golf, just use it for approach shots. That being said, it has a scan function that takes forever to hold down the button to activate, that works well enough. The readings are in +-1 yard increments.

My Nikon coolshot 80vr has. 5 yard increments, so I noticed that the Halo was off by a yard most of the time. If you are finding your Archery gap and doing some short range shots, this may effect the size of your gap.

This device has a slope function that is really helpful and nice. The eye relief is poor, so if you wear glasses, you have to take your glasses off, or really jam the eye piece into your lens to get a clear picture.

The 6x magnification would be better with a better eye relief. Also the display is really faint and hard to see in low light situations compared to bushnell, Nikon, leupold etc. The weight is something like 3oz so that is definitely a plus.

the physical shape of the device, although fits nicely in the hands, is awkward to find a generic neoprene cover or strap to protect it, since this product does NOT come with a case. Buy if you want cheap, but effective and light rangefinder, this is the one.

At bowhunting ranges, this rangefinder is dead-on accurate. Tested using ranges that had been measured with a tape measure spot-on out to 40 yards (I shoot out to 40 yards while practicing, but will only shoot out to 30 yards when hunting) The “AI” (angle Intelligence or logic) feature is really nice too – will compensating for being up in a treestand when hunting.

Importand because an arrow drops a specific amount over a specific horizontal distance. This takes the extra yardage created by line of sight at an inclined angle out, allowing you to sight in correctly.

I had read other reviews that this is not for ranging in low light, as the measurements aren’t visible. This is true, but I purchased knowing this is a limitation. That is a trade-off I was willing to make for an accurate unit at this budget-friendly price.

Other notes, this unit is lightweight, compact and appears to be ruggedly built. CR2 Lithium batteries aren’t too expensive, and tend to last much longer than alkaline batteries, so battery cost should be a wash.

All in all, a great product at a great price = value!.

This is the second Halo product I have purchased. I obviously like the product as I now own two. These things are very reliable and are as accurate as it gets. This one has a few more features than my first one.

The extra features were a must for my little lady. She will benefit from the angle information while bow hunting. They are middle of the road as far as expense, but by no means are they less than perfect as far as function.

If you are looking for a range finder this is the one you need. I have had my other one for 3 years now and have taken game because of the accuracy of the tool. They are good in all weather conditions.

I even had a leak in my water bottle and pretty much drowned it. I took it out of the puddle, shook it off, cleaned the lenses and it worked just fine. I would recommend removing the battery if you aren’t going to be using it during the off season only because you should remove batteries from anything for storage, this is just a general statement, but will definitely make any battery operated product last longer.

You can’t ask for a better product.

My backyard cheapo binos got fogged and I saw the sale with Leupold McKenzie 10×42 available for a sharp price. I jumped on it. I couldn’t be happier as these are beautifully clear with the coated optics.

To my surprise there was directions for the diopter adjustment. In the past I developed my own procedure but the Leupold one is great to have. The main thing they state is to focus on something about 100yd distant for the procedure.

Good to know. Also, the 10x was an upgrade and certainly hand-holdable while sitting down. The included and integrated objective lens covers work fine along w/the eyepieces’ cover attached to the strap.

The ability to focus to 10′ also welcome and an upgrade over my previous pair. The one thing I wish for would be a greater range of focusing at far distances: it seems if I focus on something 1/4 mile away, the image of a cruise altitude airliner is also relatively sharp but is 6-8 miles away; the tiniest focusing adjustment is needed but difficult to move the dial such a small amount to get tack sharp.

Water, plants, ducks, planes, people and faces look so much crisper. Just absolute pleasure to view through these binoculars. I used to own a monocular made in 80s and it had a fat pink line around images and i never knew why and thought something was wrong.

These leupold mckenzies the image pops because it adds crisp outline with pink or purple hue that is increadibly thin but I love it as the Image becomes spectacular as if you are using a polarized lens.

Hand holding these also adds to experience as you have no problems stabalizing the image. Looking at the grass while standing is a trip too. Lineyard has a comfortable neck mesh. My brain also calms down and thoughts stop attacking me.

Thank you Leupold for making these binoculars.

The first pair I received were damaged. The rubber armor on the right objective lens opening was split as though they had been dropped and the left side would not focus. So why five stars? I emailed Leupold, who paid to have them overnighted back to them and within a week I had a brand new pair on my doorstep.

I don’t blame Leupold for this, as they could have been damaged at Cabela’s or while being shipped. Regardless, Leupold handled this the best they could have in my opinion. The binoculars are very clear (they replaced the broken McKenzie’s with McKenzie HD’s) and gather light very well! I have always been a fan of Leupold optics, but have never used their great warranty.

until now. They have solidified me as a customer for life. I did like the more aggressive texturing on the original McKenzie 10×42’s, but the texturing on the McKenzie HD’s isnt bad!.

Great quality glass in a relatively small package. Extremely good for wearers of prescription glasses, unlike many other binoculars out there. I ordered a second pair of Athlon 12×50 making a perfect choice for hiking or birding options.

These are actually made a little better than the larger ones, well worth the money, since the images are extremely sharp and bright! Or you could spend hundreds more on German glass. I highly recommend this instrument as a choice way beyond typical Chinese BK4 binoculars.

You will be stunned at the image quality.

Awesome picture really good edge to edge clarity. Range finder works extremely fast. Good low light clarity. Only downside no tripod mount. Battery is located where the tripod mount would normally be.

I bought these for my daughter. I love the smaller 10×42’s. We took them out of the box and they look great. Easy to adjust. Hopefully she will use these for many years to come.

This is not true night vision like a starlight scope or pvs, it is a IR illuminator, so keep in mind, the higher you crank it the more the red beam can give away your position, however if you are mindful of this and keep your ir signature low at closer ranges you can still use this with relative impunity.

And at well under even a quarter of the price of anything truly night vision this fits the bill for me just fine. Now lets get down to nitty gritty of the features, the add says it has 3x zoom however on the item received it only has 2, thats fine for me at least.

Distance is good 300 feet plus as advertised. Does take pictures and video at a pretty decent quality too, like a 2013 era digital camera not too bad honestly. If you use this carefully it can a valuable budget tool in your toolbox for 120 dollars I am not only impressed but happy with my purchase.

Ok here is what I wish I would have got from other reviews. I have bought 6 mono ir optics in the past year in the under $200. 00 range and NOTHING beats this model so far. 1. THE 7 IR BRIGHTNESS LEVELS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR AS FAR AS THE LENS ON THIS UNIT CAN SEE WHICH IS ABOUT 300 -500 YARDS.

2. RECORDING FEATURE ADDED PLUS. 3. COMPOSITE VIDEO OUT ANOTHER BONUS. 4. LOTS OF MENU FEATURES 5. BATTERIES LAST A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME LIKE 4 HOURS CONTINUOUS WITH GOOD BRANDS. 6. EASY TO HOLD AND ACCESS BUTTONS.

7. TRIPOD MOUNT SCREW ON BOTTOM 8. SD CARD AND USB CABLE IF U DO NOT WANT TO REMOVE SD CARD. 9. DIOPTER 10. 3 ZOOM LEVELS AND BACK LIGHT LEVEL ADJUSTMENT. 11. RESOLUTION AS GOOD AS ANY OTHER IN THIS PRICE RANGE BUT BEST AROUND 100 YARDS.

12. WHEN USED WITH A AFTER MARKET FLASHLIGHT ILLUMINATOR (T-67) i CAN SEE OUT TO 1000 YARDS , BUT THE BUILT IN ILUMINATOR IS AWESOMELY BRIGHT OUT TO 200 YARDS. Bottom line is I do not see how anyone could complain when comparing the functionality of this unit to ANY other in this price range.

If their is something better out thier for $140. 00 i will buy it to. TELL ME WHAT MODEL THAT IS BETTER FOR THE PRICE!.

I have purchase over 6 different mono IR night vision units in the past year in hopes of finding something that actually works for what i need and this one fits the bill. Sure people will complain about anything but for the $153.

00 I paid for this unit I cannot complain. 1. 7 adjustment IR levels provides customized condition for viewing situations and the illuminator is very powerful for out to 300+ yards. Using a after market iluminator gets me out to 1000 yards although clarity/resolution suffers.

No video lag like other units that i have purchased. Did i mention the outstanding power of the IR iluminator? 2. lots of features to include video/snapshot recording. sd card/usb file transfer to include compositie video playback (not live view capable) bottom line is a good set batteries last over 4 hours ,tripod threads, and easy grip make this unit then best in class for the price range.