Stay Away from BSA!

[Bobshouse]

Ordered and received a ret dot scope from Midway, a BSA. I knew it was cheap but what I received was unbelievable. Opened the package and the paint was sticky to the touch, scratched off with just a fingernail.

Called BSA, they said to send it to their repair center. Its been gone a month, get it in the mail today...open it up and find this.




Funny thing is it's in worse shape than when I sent it, guess everyone who handled it scraped off a little more paint to test it. Great company, great products!

[StraightShooter]

Dang, thats pathetic. The paint they use seems almost rubberized. I have a cheap bsa scope that you could easily scrape the paint off with your fingernail and anything that it bumped into would scratch it off really easily.

[Timberland]

Funny thing is it's in worse shape than when I sent it, guess everyone who handled it scraped off a little more paint to test it. Great company, great products!

WOw, ok now that made me laugh, why not send it back to midway?

[rksimple]

I thought staying away from BSA was common knowledge? Send it back to midway.

[Bill92869]

+1 they suck.

[CAT_101]

+2 junk

[JHC]

The BSA scope on my GAMO pellet gun works perfectly,.... but I'd never use it for a real firearm

[ghost]

bsa is usually for airsoft guns,i wouldnt buy it for any other use.

[goldy1]

i have used a bsa for over 1500 rounds fron a 300 win mag it still tracked and zoomed perfectly. i put it on the wifes 308 match rifle and yesterday she shot a 430-19x at 300 yards at the mr63f. i personally have nothing but positive things about the bsa platinum 8-32x44 mildot.

[ghostwong]

Be careful. Now wash your hands. You have no idea how much lead you just scraped off the body!!

Dang, thats pathetic. The paint they use seems almost rubberized. I have a cheap bsa scope that you could easily scrape the paint off with your fingernail and anything that it bumped into would scratch it off really easily.

[LibertyOptics]

Folks,

When it comes to optics, you really do get what you pay for (often less). China makes most of the optics on the market today, but they can be spec'd to be of decent quality. I am of firm belief you can not spend less than $200 and get a quality optic. Think about this, you are directing a lethal projectile and your weapon system will only perform as good as your scope is. Optics are NOT the place to scrimp when optimizing your weapons platform! There are decent budget optics on the market, but you need to know where to look. My top pick is Vortex. Avoid Leapers, NcStar, BSA, etc.

Scott

[Bobshouse]

Just an update...was sitting here stewing the other day when I realized that I should take it up a notch and complain to the CEO thanks to a members response to my original post.

Dug around for the old email and resent with a little request for the CEO's name and address. Received this shortly thereafter:

Dear Bob,

Sorry for any delay in responding to your email. It was just forwarded to me
from the CSR staff. I'm working remote today and can't get to you by phone.
I received the documents from the return warehouse and reviewed all the
information. It seems that it was a huge mix-up on our behalf. They are
training some new employees in Missouri and unfortunately did not catch this
mistake in time. I am sending you a brand new RMDS by UPS 2 day shipping.

My sincerest apologizes. Please let me know you have received this
correspondence. I will have a tracking number by this evening.


Customer Service Manager

Now to see if it was all a smokescreen or if they follow through. I'll keep everyone posted.

[LibertyOptics]

I'll bet they follow through. They should anyway as it costs them very little.

[duenor]

The funny part is that BSA is NOT a chinese company like Leapers or NCStar. They are an old american company that goes way way back. But yes, they are pretty much crap... at least in the low ends.

On the other hand, I actually like Barska.

[maxicon]

Yes, BSA is an old American company, but they sell mostly Chinese scopes now. There's no way to compete at the low to middle end without doing this today - it's not possible. Tasco started this trend, back in the day, and now BSA, low end Bushnell, Simmons, Millett, etc, all do the same. Interestingly, Tasco started it by outsourcing to those junk-producing Japanese. It was quite a scandal!

If you look at who actually makes or assembles scopes in the USA, it's all companies that will put more of a drain on your wallet, while providing better quality - Leupold (most models), Burris (some models), Nightforce, USO, Zeiss (some models).