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主要还是看干嘛用。打猎的话,223的距离这个倍数可能高了点,戳纸还可以。
monarch是nikon里面比较高端的,现在在换代,老的monarch和buckmaster停产了都在打折,应该是两三百刀镜子不错的选择。monarch 3是换代后的新名字,monarch系列最低端。buckmaster停产后地位被Prostaff 5顶替,但是又出了一个buckmaster II,实际上是比Prostaff更低的档次,nikon入门版。所以nikon的新产品线应该是monarch最高,其次prostaff,再次bm2。然后前两者各自有3,5,7的系列。
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Originally Posted By bsa1917hunter
Bart, this may be a dumb question, but why did the prostaff start out being their bottom of the barrel scope and now it is better than the buckmasters series????? Thanks buddy..
The ProStaff was their bottom line and the next step up was the Buckmaster. They got rid of the Buckmaster and replaced it with the ProStaff 5 (and upgraded it) but they must have wanted to continue to use the Buckmaster name so they brought out the Buckmaster II which is lower than the ProStaff. I'm guessing a lot of people who don't know better will think the BM II is still the old BM and buy it on the BM's reputation.
They also came out with the ProStaff 7 and Monarch 5 this year. This is to complete their 3, 5, 7 lines.
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#10348492 - 08/27/15 Re: Nikon Buckmasters II vs. Prostaff 5 [Re: devnull]
bman940 Offline
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Reelman is Spot On....
Since I only do freelance work for Nikon I'm not involved in those decision's.
I know part of the 3-5-7 desigantion is to make it easier on the buyer. The Buckmaster line has been a big success for many years so it was really never phased out and now with the Buckmaster II it is alive and well. I haven't had my hands on one or a PROSTAFF II so I can't really comment on them other then what Ihave read and been told. The PROSTAFF 5 and 7 are defintely not your PROSTAFF line from years gone by. Some friends just got back from a shoot where they were hitting targets at 1200 yards with the PROSTAFF 7 BDC reticle.
I have used the MONARCH 3 and it is very nice. Extremely clear,bright and great for early morning or late evening shots. The 4-16 BDC made pinging steel at 500 yards pretty easy.
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