jwai86 wrote:Has anyone used this scope before? I'm thinking of getting one for a .22 LR rifle. The scope has a variant with a mil-dot reticle, but I think the 30/30 duplex reticle will be sufficient for my purposes.
https://au.hawkeoptics.com/vantage-3-9x40-ao-3030.html
bladeracer wrote:jwai86 wrote:Has anyone used this scope before? I'm thinking of getting one for a .22 LR rifle. The scope has a variant with a mil-dot reticle, but I think the 30/30 duplex reticle will be sufficient for my purposes.
https://au.hawkeoptics.com/vantage-3-9x40-ao-3030.html
I would avoid all scopes with AO, an absolute pain to adjust while looking through the scope, get a side-focus scope.
For .22LR you want one that focuses right back to 10m.
jwai86 wrote:bladeracer wrote:jwai86 wrote:Has anyone used this scope before? I'm thinking of getting one for a .22 LR rifle. The scope has a variant with a mil-dot reticle, but I think the 30/30 duplex reticle will be sufficient for my purposes.
https://au.hawkeoptics.com/vantage-3-9x40-ao-3030.html
I would avoid all scopes with AO, an absolute pain to adjust while looking through the scope, get a side-focus scope.
For .22LR you want one that focuses right back to 10m.
I don't know of any side focus scopes that are in the 3-9x magnification range.
bladeracer wrote:jwai86 wrote:bladeracer wrote:jwai86 wrote:Has anyone used this scope before? I'm thinking of getting one for a .22 LR rifle. The scope has a variant with a mil-dot reticle, but I think the 30/30 duplex reticle will be sufficient for my purposes.
https://au.hawkeoptics.com/vantage-3-9x40-ao-3030.html
I would avoid all scopes with AO, an absolute pain to adjust while looking through the scope, get a side-focus scope.
For .22LR you want one that focuses right back to 10m.
I don't know of any side focus scopes that are in the 3-9x magnification range.
I'm pretty I've seen Bushnells but I haven't researched scopes in a while. Athlon does a 3-12x40, and a 4-12x40 with side focus back to 10m. There must be lots of others.
What is the purpose for the scope?
If you're only going to use it on ranges at fixed distances then AO is fine as you set it before you start shooting.
If you're just going to be plinking then you may be fine without parallax adjustment, though I wouldn't want a scope with fixed parallax.
For hunting or informal practice at targets at random distances though, you want to be able to quickly adjust the parallax to variable distances, which is easiest while looking through the scope.
3-9 is not a bad choice for general purpose use, 9-power is about minimum to see .22 caliber holes at 100m, but no further. I prefer having more scope, but there's no requirement to use it all. 3-power is very nice for snap-shooting moving targets at close range. For precise target shooting you'll want a lot more scope, 24x, 32x, or even more still, probably not variable.
I also hate capped turrets, I want to be able to make adjustments quickly and easily while looking through the scope. My scopes are Bushnell AR Optics 4.5-18x40's. I know they do a 3-9x40 and a 3-12x40 in the AR Optics but I don't own any of those.
northdude wrote:Ive used a few hawke scopes. Never had any problems with them. If thats what you can afford I think it will do what you want it to do. The budget scopes I use are the nikko stirlings
jwai86 wrote:northdude wrote:Ive used a few hawke scopes. Never had any problems with them. If thats what you can afford I think it will do what you want it to do. The budget scopes I use are the nikko stirlings
I could potentially afford a more expensive scope, but I don't want to spend too much at first in case I find that I need something significantly different.
Have you noted any significant differences in quality between Hawke and Nikko Stirling scopes?
bladeracer wrote:I don't think I've used any modern Nikko-stirlings, but some of the older ones are Japanese and work very well. They were of the era before everything became variable and full of features, all we needed was clear glass and a crisp reticle, at a great price.
jwai86 wrote:bladeracer wrote:I don't think I've used any modern Nikko-stirlings, but some of the older ones are Japanese and work very well. They were of the era before everything became variable and full of features, all we needed was clear glass and a crisp reticle, at a great price.
I considered getting a fixed power scope at one point, but was advised against doing so because of the loss of flexibility and marginal economic savings over variable power scopes.
womble wrote:Actually I’d probably buy that over a comparable Bushnell or Vortex or Tasco whatever.
Because the market is flooded with counterfeits, copies of those.
jwai86 wrote:womble wrote:Actually I’d probably buy that over a comparable Bushnell or Vortex or Tasco whatever.
Because the market is flooded with counterfeits, copies of those.
Wouldn't you be able to avoid counterfeits by buying from a reputable dealer?
jwai86 wrote:northdude wrote:Ive used a few hawke scopes. Never had any problems with them. If thats what you can afford I think it will do what you want it to do. The budget scopes I use are the nikko stirlings
I could potentially afford a more expensive scope, but I don't want to spend too much at first in case I find that I need something significantly different.
Have you noted any significant differences in quality between Hawke and Nikko Stirling scopes?
northdude wrote:I've found them pretty much the same. I put nikko stirlings on most of my rifles just to get up and running with the intention of replacing them as they crapped out. To date I haven't had to replace any and some of them have been on rifles for over 20 years.
jwai86 wrote:northdude wrote:I've found them pretty much the same. I put nikko stirlings on most of my rifles just to get up and running with the intention of replacing them as they crapped out. To date I haven't had to replace any and some of them have been on rifles for over 20 years.
20 years and counting is a great innings for something that was intended to be replaced at the first opportunity.
jwai86 wrote:My scope arrived in the mail yesterday.
After unboxing the scope, I applied a tiny bit of oil to the threads securing the caps covering the MOA adjustment dials because they sounded very scratchy when I unscrewed them.