Hawk 10x42 tactical (First Impression)

[LANKY MK]

can anyone tell me how the depth of view of the 4.5-14x42 is at 8x ?
I have the 10x42 and use it for HFT, works fine but at a match last weekend they put some targets at 8 yards and the kilzones where too blurry
I would like to switch to a 4.5-14 one if I know that it will give proper viem from 8-45 yards at 8x
I expect to gain more at the short targets than to loose at the far ones which will look smaller at 8x
or maybe we could change the HFT distances from 8-45 to 12-45 , so I can stick to the 10x42

Thanks
Peter

Ive got my TAC 30 10x42 parralaxed at 24 yards (ish) and i have no probs from 8 yards out to 55+ yards, yes the 8 yard target is blurred abit but still good enough to get the kill zone.

I know if i wanted to i cud drop my parrelax down to make them better (since HFT is only upto 45 yards) but i dont feel the need (plus the blur helps to identify when a target is below 15 yards), whats your parrelax set at?

Maybe our eyes are very differant.


Mark

[Petervw]

mine is set just a bit under the 25 mark, I would say 22 or 20
when I adjust it to get better view on the close ones I can't find the hitzone on the long ones
maybe its me ...

Peter

[gasman1]

ive got mine set at 25yards too. its blurry at 8yards but still shootable. going milky at 45yards so that helps me know the range too. great scope for the money. as ive already said, i dont really get parralax error. must have the cheek piece in right place.

[LANKY MK]

mine is set just a bit under the 25 mark, I would say 22 or 20
when I adjust it to get better view on the close ones I can't find the hitzone on the long ones
maybe its me ...

Peter

Thats abit differant to me since i get a good clear (enough) view to targets out to 55+, ive bracketed targets out to 60 yards on our FT course and could see the killzone with only slight bluryness (which is nice)

Maybe its your eyes being differant to mine or maybe your scope hasnt got as good glass as mine (it can happen with identical scopes)

Mark

[Petervw]

I'll measure the really clear zone tomorrow, aswell as the blurry zone as the don't see s... zone
its probably me , that is what my wife says too

Peter

[gasman1]

who knows. its only slightly milky. enough to know. have to have eye piece fully in to see ret clear.

[Petervw]

just tested a bit
at 25 I can see targets clear up to 60 yards, so no need for that
I tried to go as far as I could and get blurry but ok sight on 45 yards on a 40 mm target which has been shot many times (and missed too )
on the wheel about 20 or less I think, but who cares what the wheel says
then I put up a 15 mm target at 7 meters (a bit less than 8 yards) and could see the hitzone as blurry as the far one
really clear view from 11 to 32 yards(10 to 30 meters)
I tried adjusting the eyepiece but that just moved the clear zone so I had to adjust the sidewheel again, it didn't give better dov
do these results look normal ?
maybe I'm just spoiled shooting FT for a couple of years
I'm wel aware the clear/blurry part is very usefull for rangefinding so I'll give it a go with these settings

Peter