Hawke HD 4-12 x 50 AO IR Mil-dot

[terry]

I Bought my new Hawke scope last week and it arrived on Tuesday. I am purely a budget shooter so unable to spend £££'s on equipment. My second hand 97K came with a Nikko Silver Crown attached, which was OK but I checked out the Hawke HD scopes out in a local gunshop and was blown away by the clarity of the picture. I picked up a few of the more pricey scopes to compare and to my fairly inexperienced eye found this scope seemed better than most and only £60, Bargain.Any way I have Zero'd the scope in and been plinking away constantly and shooting targets at 25 yards since it arrived, I couldn't be happier. It appears to be well put together and all the focus/zoom/parralax adjusters are nice and smooth, not too stiff like some other scopes I tried out and it zooms in close up a dream Paralax just needs to be adjusted slightly to acheive a sharper picture though. I have just come in tonight after trying the illuminated recticle whilst getting eaten alive by midges and I don't think I could go back to an unlit cross hair, it makes a real difference. All in all I am totally chuffed with this purchase, fair enough if your into your serious target shooting then you may want to spend a small fortune on your scopes, but for those with a budget I don't think you can go far wrong with one of these.

i have one on my air arms s 410 good scope , i cannot fault it . its zeroed in at 50 yrds . really good reivew many thanks

[dan221081]

Just thought I would add that after trying and owning the 3-9 x 40 version of the Hawke Sport HD scope I have picked up a 3-9x50 IR AO version of the same series and it is even better than the 3-9x40 which I thought would be quite hard. The optics are really clear and the scope fits my rifle perfectly. Most of all it doesn't weigh the rifle down very much. Ideal for hunting.

[tctele]

I bought the 6x12x50 a few weeks ago and reparallaxed it for 35yds, easy to do. I used it yesterday on my shoot. Verdict: Brilliant! It's clearer and sharper than my Leupold that cost a lot more money. It's so good in fact that I've just ordered another one and so has my mate. For the money you just cannot beat it. For info we were shooting at one point when it was snowing with quite a lot of wind. It didn't fog up and the red reticule in the snow was superb. Buy one you won't be disapointed.