Mine was also sealed. My guess is bushnell is trying to get these scopes out there & find a price where they would sell because of the competition in the $1000-2000 range. When I asked bushnell about the open box they said they were just returns but like yours mine was new. I told bushnell about the spotting scopes I had to send back so they gave me a coupon code that got my price just under $2000 for the xrs2 & dmr pro & I also got the hoppes universal kit too but I didn’t order that so I thought maybe they made a mistake or just trying to make good on the trouble I had because 2 of the cheap ffp spotters broke on me
If it’s not popular than it can take 2-3 weeks but usually 7-10 days
It only tunnels from 4x-3.5x, so don’t use that last .5x. My pmii tunnels from 7x-5x but I could care less about because I never turn my power down that far
I too have both scopes.and never shoot on those magnif reticles too fine almost useless unless turning on illum.but i do use them for larger FOV
I usually keep it around 10x for scanning hogs by our creek so if I have to take a quick shot I’m not too low in mag to see the reticle. I also use the conquest hd 8x32 which have a huge 435 ft fov. Some people think the dmr pro eye box is tight & it is compared to scopes with 56mm objectives & larger fov because fov & exit pupil size is what makes an optic easier to get behind. My conquest 8x32 are a lot easier to get a good picture vs friends 8x32 with a much smaller fov. I have no problem with the dmr pro eye box, I got used to it quick
I bought both the xrs2 & dmr pro. A customer at my uncles gun shop offered me $1450 for the xrs2 & I sold it & kept the pro which made my overall price just over $500 for the pro
I might end up building the 28 nosler. I like how efficient the 28 is. Since I have a barret mrad 338, I might also get the 300 prc conversion when it becomes available. The 7-300 norma would be good too if there was lapua brass available but I wonder if lapua will make 300 norma brass since 300 prc seems like it might become the next 30 cal mag to take over.
Yeah they sold out pretty fast & the sale ended today. If you go to the site the new xrs2 are back up to $2200 & they were on sale new for $1600 & open box for $1100. I think they do this sale 2x a year. Last year was in June & late November
Last year they had open box/refurbished sales in June or July & one in November I think but they weren’t 50% or I would have bought a dmr2 & an lrts. I came close to getting a bushnell last year. I wouldn’t be surprised if they do something close to this before Christmas. Bushnell has more rebates, open box/refurbished, & sales than any other optic company I know of. My guess is you are right & probably won’t be a sale as good as this one was
Definitely not, the pros & xrs2 was 50% off. They won’t do that again this year. There will be another sale towards the end of year I bet but not as good
Yeah that was odd they had new xrs2 30% off & open box 50% off retail but there was no new option sale price for the pros only 50% off open box
Before the sale started the xrs2 was $2250 & the pro $2000. The first day of the sale the xrs2 had 2 options buy it new for 30% off for $1650 & open box for $1100. The pro never had a buy it new option for 30% off or it would have been $1400, they only had the open box option for $970. The open box xrs2 sold out in 2 days at $1100 but the $1650 30% off price was still going to the end of sale. The open box Pro lasted 4 days because I bought the xrs2 & pro the 2nd day of the sale & the Pro was still available 2 days later until it was sold out. What I thought was odd was the pro only had an open box option for $970 & no new ones at 30% off for $1400
Before the open box dropped at least they did have a pro on sale for ~1200 right at the start of the sales.
I agree the pro & xrs2 are awesome & at $900 & $1100 they are unbeatable but they are not as good as my pmii & I never expected them to be. Like you said 90% of the performance at 1/3 the cost. My friend first showed me the Pro & xrs2 & I thought they were among the best for the $$ at their street prices comparable to Cronus btr, mk5hd, trijicon accupower, & razor but sale prices moves them to #1 best scopes for the $$ in my opinion. They handle ca very well & one the brightest 50mm objectives ive seen, close to the 5-20 short pmii
