Hawke Sidewinder30 4.5-14x38 sr6 first impression

[Charlts]

Can I ask why you didn't drop the px any lower? From
what you've described it's set too far out.

Ryan

[poison dwarf]

I chose 25yds because thats the only mark on the side turret other than 10 or 50 and my other scopes seem to work well on that setting. I will be going back to the range today or tomorrow to carry out further testing with a lower parallax setting and hopefully find a better setting as i really wanted to use this scope. But as it stands i am sticking to the frontier i have on my HFT gun at the moment. I will of course update this thread with my results

[Charlts]

It doesn't have to be on a mark though and the chances are the marks will be a mile off! Be interested to hear how you go, would you mind focusing it so a 13y 15mm is shootable as well as a 25y 15 and a 20mm at 8. They don't have to be clear just shootable, if it can do that I'd like to know.

Cheers

Ryan

[Flashash]

If any one could test this on different PX settings, I would be very interested. The above review is a bit limited really as it is only done at one setting!

I don't shoot HFT, but would like a good depth of field. As an existing Sidewinder owner and a big fan of the SR6, I'd quite like something the same but smaller (if that makes sense), particularly as I'm getting a Verminator.

Thanks.

[poison dwarf]

Test part 2
After some of the comments about only doing the test at 25 yards I made an effort to get up the range today as it was a nice clear day.
I did the test on 2 magnifications 10 and 8 at distances between 8 to 45 yards as before.
I ignored what the sidewheel markings said was the parallax distance and just did it by focusing on targets. (saying that, all tests below fell between about 18 and 27 yards parallax (estimated coz of few markings))
NB. When i say focus i mean i re parallaxed so i could just make out the killzone to make a shot, no guesswork. parallax was then left untouched to check other targets
The Targets I used
http://img44.imageshack.us/i/targets010.jpg/

here are pics of the 15mm and 20mm targets so you can see i was focusing on
http://img98.imageshack.us/i/targets002.jpg/
http://img697.imageshack.us/i/targets001.jpg/
first i focused on a 20mm target @ 8 yds 10mag.
http://img44.imageshack.us/i/targets011.jpg/
I then checked the targets i was able to see to shoot by looking at targets 15,20,25 yards were good. Things started to blurr at the 30 yard mark but was still very shootable. When i got to 40 yards it was very blurred and at 45 it would be pull trigger and pray.
http://img207.imageshack.us/i/targets014.jpg/ (30 yards)
http://img691.imageshack.us/i/targets004.jpg/ (40 yards)
http://img26.imageshack.us/i/targets005.jpg/ (45 yards)

then i focused on 15mm target @ 10 yards 10 mag
http://img215.imageshack.us/i/targets013.jpg/
targets were clearly shootable to the 20 yard target, the 25 yard target was very slightly blurred and the 30 yarder was very blurred. 40 and 45 were unshootable
20mm @ 10 yds 10 mag
30 yards slight blurr, 40 yds very blurred, 45 no chance
20mm @ 13 yds 10 mag
up to 20 yds slight blurr, all clear to 45. anything under 13 would be total guesswork
Then i focused on the 45 yard target and took down the parallax until i got it slightly blurred
I got the same result as 20mm @ 13yds 10mag. Anything under the 13yard mark would be guesswork
I then did the same tests on 8 mag which were very very close to the 10 mag tests but i think you get the idea from the above pics
i also did a pic with sunshade on with sun low in the sky as it was getting late in the afternoon. The sun was about 20-25 degrees to me. the target is 45 yards
http://img177.imageshack.us/i/targets015.jpg/



I hope this helps you get an idea of the scopes capabilities. After doing these further tests my opinion of it hasnt changed at all. If in doubt get a look through one yourself before you buy.
I am not a pro reviewer as you can probably see. But i bet its going to get a wonderful review in the mags. Alledgedly they aren't biased in any way

PS. forgot to put a pic up of the SR6 reticle for those that havent seen it. http://img269.imageshack.us/i/targets009.jpg/
The scope is not specifcally focused at that target btw but the pic show you how bright the scope is

[Charlts]

Thanks for doing that.

Ryan

[tuco64]

[QUOTE=poison dwarf;3950144]I am not a pro reviewer as you can probably see. But i bet its going to get a wonderful review in the mags. Alledgedly they aren't biased in any way

I think you've done a great job with the review! A lot better than most of us could have done!

John.

[Rubi-tong]

So it's crap then! Think i'll go for a Falcon Menace FFP, cheaper too