Bushnell Scopechief Scope VI Wide Angle 3X9 - ODD BABY

[Surpmil]

Funnily enough I was looking into these recently as I have an old Bushnell Sportview with a similar, but less sophisticated system. Apparently the Scopechief was the top of Bushnell's line and inspired by the ART scopes of the time.

It seems the distance between the crosswires is used to establish range by increasing the power until the known target height; the chest height of a deer for example, fills the space between the crosswires, at which point the range is displayed and you set your range knob accordingly.

On the Sportview there is no internal display of the range, you read it off the power adjustment ring and there are three rows of ranges for different cams/cartridges in white, yellow and red labelled D E and A respectively.

OK, just snooping around the Net I found this, which pretty much confirms what I thought, but explains the D E A on the power ring and the corresponding ranges at each power of magnification.

My range knob is marked 150-500 and ID'd as "RM-2". Will have to find out what calibre that is for.

This is a 3-9x x 40 waterproof scope, but doesn't say whether Japanese-made.

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JT I believe you have a Bushnell range finder scope. I have one and it is about 25yrs. old.I think it is their prismatic range finder scope. To use is as follows. The two horizontal hairs are used to bracket a deer body not counting legs or head.,So 1.Get deer in view,change the power change ring until the body of the deer is bracketed between the hairs,2 read the range that appears as a bright number at the top of the objective lens,3 Dial the BCD knob (top knob)to the range shown and aim dead on. Hope this helps. I have an origional instruction sheet that came with this scope and it goes into detail, If you like I will send you a copy of it I took with a digital camera.O yes these scopes are now worth about $250.00 to scope collectors. Let me know if you want a copy of instructions.
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Jul 19, 2006
The 'D', 'E', and 'A' refer to Deer, Elk, and Antelope. The numbers refer to ranges at a given power for a given animal. Bracket the animal, chest to back, between the horizontal lines by turning the power ring. Read the range above the power number for the animal you are ranging. i.e. deer @ 5 power=250yds. Turn elevation turret to 250, hold dead on, fire.

So now I know what DEA also stands for.