Nikon Prostaff: Sadly, Not Recommended

Very strange. I have Nikon Prostaff 7 2.5-10X50 on my Browning BAR 300 Win Mag and more than 100 rounds through it and no issues. However, as you say it’s a really cheap scope. Nikon has it on promo now for $260. I bought mine because my Leupold failed and that was the best I could find fast while on a hunt in Oregon.
http://www.nikonpromo.com/

Just bad luck

I am very happy with my Nikon Prostaff Rimfire II 4-12×40 BDC. Its on a Ruger 10/22 and it shoots at 75 yards in 1/2" groups. Love this scope. Just another opinion.

The way the blow back works on those rifles cetme , hk , ptr it is really hard and most scopes can't take the abuse they dish out when you get a scope to hold up you got a good one

Good for 22LR rim fire guns only.

Hmm, Ive got some high end glass (Trijicon, Nightforce) and some lower end (Vortex, Prostaff) For 1/5 the cost Prostaff is pretty darn good, esp for a plinker or varmint gun, almost as many deer taken with cheap 3×9 too. The expensive glass gives you maybe 10 more minutes first and last light or bad foggy conditions. My .308 bolt does kick like a mother, I would recommend glass bedding the rail and rings and scope, and see if that helps., Im not familiar with that mount, but it looks good.

Using a rimfire scope on center fire are you nuts ?

My Nikon rimfire scope lost the windage control ability. No matter which way I rotate the knob, all the way left or right, the gun shoots five inches left at fifty yards. Worked fine for initial zero and then didn’t survive the plinking outing.

Never buy nikon, they ABSOLUTELY do not honor their policy, even if you are right.. They "Nikon" will make it sooooo difficult for you to get your scope replace or fixed WITHOUT a fee….F nikon…

Got one on a 30-06, no problems until now.

Thanks for the heads up.

I've had one of these scopes on top of a 308Win and a Swiss 7.5 x 55 for hundreds of rounds. No problems whatsoever. As such, I can only say that the Late Boy Scout's appraisal and conclusion is sadly, not recommended!

Dudes an idiot. For one nikon pro staff is for hunting not shooting hundreds of rounds carelessly at a gun range. He obviously has no knowledge of scopes as he even mentions it in the video. Ive got a .300 mag and have shot numerous rounds and killed many bucks with it. At up to 4-500 yards. Do not take advice from some guy in a video on youtube.

Wow, they overfilled the nitrogen. That's the only thing I can think of that would explain that. I have a old-school buckmasters and it's the best glass I own. Beats everything I've looked through, and it's been through a lot. Sorry man, maybe Nikon is going to shit.

Damn i sure hope they fixed that. I just bought the one with bdc. And it is on my AR10. Have not even shot it yet. I will be doing that tomorrow for the first time.
You dont think the scope mount you used could of caused that from vibration do you? With that mount having a sort of cantilever look/ style. And by the location of the seal popping out. Looks like its from some sort of excessive vertical recoil.
Sure wish there was some slow motion video of that mount to see how much movement it has.
And if it is a problem with the scope. I sure hope they fixed that crap by last month before i got mine. Im with you… I love the nikon scopes clarity. Not to mention, they dont break the bank giving you a nice view like Zeiss or Burris.

I have about 500 rounds through my Tikka T3 in 300 win mag with a Nikon Prostaff. That is hard use.

I have a Nikon ProStaff 2-7×32 Shotgun Hunter Riflescopes mounted on a Savage 212 slug gun. Got it sighted in and shot excellent groups. After about 80 rounds the groups suddenly got huge. They weren't even on paper at 100 yards so we moved to 50 and they were 6-8" groups.
I sent it in and they repaired it. Got it back and shot it yesterday. We bore sighted it and got it on paper. After just a few shots it started making huge groups again. We put my cousins Leupold scope on and the groups were great again. This scope is designed for the slug gun, but apparently can't handle the recoil of the bolt action slug gun.

What about for just a .22? Is there a way i can use some sort of liquid seal to reinforce it? Because someone has one unopened for like $50.

Strange you would have 2 in a row like that. Iv'e got them on a 243, 308 and 35 Whelen. All perform as expected after a few thousand rounds of the first 2 and a several hundred of the 35 Whelen but call them like you see them. I'd rather have honest reviews than happy talk any day of the year

Nikon are garbage and heavy spend the money and go leapold….

Nikon has been making glass for a long time. That scope is designed for .223 and you had it on a .308 clearly not what the scope was designed for. I think you are being hard on Nikon for saying don't buy their products. I've had nothing but great experiences with them, whether it's their cameras, binoculars, or rifle scopes. I'll continue to buy from Nikon!

Did you drop it ?

This scope isn't made for high power semi autos!
Do your research first.
If you want a scope for a semi auto in .308 you're gonna spend $400 and up for the kind of scope you want

I have 4 or 5 of them and haven't had any issues at all. I wonder if they changed the supplier or if you are putting the rings on super tight or something like that. great glass and all but one has held zero. The one that didn't is a truck gun and who knows what it took to make it off a little.

I have a NIKON Monarch 3 4-16X42 mounted on my .308Win and had to send it out for repair. Not for the O ring the whole front eye piece came loose inside the scope. I was at the range and after firing off a round I heard something break loose on the scope. After looking at it I saw the glass eye piece floating freely from inside the scope. It is sad there seems to be some quality control issues with more than one scope line from NIKON.