S&B 3-20x50 - Finally a decent long range air-rifle scope !!! (sort of)

[monty57]

Falcon Optics tick all those boxes. They are mainly FFP and Mil adjust now.

I went to spec savers and fitted open sights it's only 100meters. M y new glasses are great .

[daylite]

Those Falcon Optics scopes look pretty interesting!

Interesting range of scopes and all with Matching Reticle and Turret ! (*yay* someone listened)

• 5.5-25X50FFP
• 5.5-25x50IR FFP
• 5.5-25X56FFP
• 4-14X44FFP
• 1.5-5x30IR
• T50 10-50x60

There is a 'pre-production scope' 5.5-25X50FFP review on SnipersHide.
Not the best review as they go, with the following issues being picked up:

• Mushy Turrets
• Too stiff a parallax adjustment
• Unforgiving eye relief
• Blurred reticule at max power
• Milky clarity

... but that was in the pre-production run... has it been fixed ?

Just got an email from Falcon (sub 10 min response time) mentioning that the parallax adjustment is from 11m upwards. *nice*
It would be good if this was mentioned on their advertised specifications.

Anyone have any experience with the Falcon 5.5-25X50FFP ?
Have the above issues been sorted in the final version ?

Why is it not punted more in the PCP market ?

[JME]

Are Falcon Optics any better than - Hawke, the cheaper Bushnell, MTC, Simmons etc other than the added extra of having FFP?

[ruby]

Hi the Falcon optics are just cheap chinese scopes not in the league against your £1k brands your better off saving up buying a S&B or have you looked at Bushnell Elites, Leupold, Burris, Sightron, Nightforce etc

[daylite]

Yes and No...

The only scopes to date that I've found that meet the following criteria:

• MilRad reticle
• MilRad turrets
• Parallax adjustment from 10m (although 25m would be fine) to infinity
• First Focal Plane (FFP) reticle
• Magnification of 3-12, 4-16 (or similar)
• 0.1 Mrad turret adjustment per click (0.05 would also be ok)

are these two:
Schmidt & Bender 3-20x50 PM II/LP/MTC/LT
Falcon Optics 5.5-25X50FFP, 5.5-25x50IR FFP, 5.5-25X56FFP, 4-14X44FFP

...the Nightforce 3.5-15x50 F1 NXS, might apply, but there is no mention of parallax adjustment sub 25m.

All other scopes seem to suffer from at least one of the following problems:

• Parallax adjustment only over 50m
• Mismatched Reticle and Turret calibrations
• Second Focal Plane reticles

So... at the moment it's either the $3,500.00 S&B, or the $550.00 Falcon 5.5-25x50IR FFP


Are there any other contenders ?

[thibben]

How about the FFP March scopes? 3-24x or 5-40x both tick all your boxes?

Brgds Terry

[crowbar]

What about a Lightforce 4x14x44 ffp scope .