Still yearning for better glass ?

[angrybear]

As i wrote on another thread, glass needs to suit your eye like a particular pellet needs to suit your rifle, so just because a scope suits one man does not mean it will suit you!

You need to look through the scope options & see which is best for YOU.

Personally I found the reticle on the Varmint very thick & clumsy, I've never tried a nikon.
As soon as I looked through a Mamba-lite I was reaching for my wallet.

[ruby]

firstly forget chairgun as an accurate guide! I wouldnt buy a scope based on software compatibility. Buy a scope based on most important feature the glass your question literally tells you the answer. The latter of the 3 would be my first choice. Also for HFT look at a Bushnell legend very popular no issues with whiteing out plain and simple.

[samboy]

Im always looking for a better scope but i cant fault my Simmons aetecs so i dont know
why i bother.

[ruby]

agree also whitetail classics and dont forget Hawke Panaroma/Hawke Eclipse but for me Legend and Nikon Prostaff

[ChrisC]

I've been shooting HFT a long time now and have stuck with the same scope despite trying out every HFT style scope there is. Even up to the Mk4 leup.

There's a reason why the 10x44 MTC Viper is the most prevelent scope on the UKAHFT circuit. I love mine but many others don't get on with them. The selection of a HFT scope is personal and the problem with asking for advice is that many will recommend what they are using.

THE best advice anyone can give is to go to a club and try out as many as possible...and even then that may not help. For example i tried the Bushnell elite and was blown away by the sight picture, clarity and depth of field.....then i shot it on a course and soon realised that there was a huge amount of parallax error which caused misses on the closer 15mm targets. And then others put in good scores with the same scope.

Minefield mate......absolute minefield.

[DNF]

Although the advice is to look through as many scopes as possible and make up your own mind, I have found that you really need to shoot a few comps with a scope to work out if it really does what you want.

The problem is that what I like in a scope isnt what the next person does, I dont like high mag, busy rets, bells and whisles, I dont like big scopes that upset rifle balance....So I shoot on 6 or 7x mag and 32mm objective with a simple mildot ret. Many would hate using my scope, regardless of 'glass quality'. Also really subtle things rule out a scope for me, some of which are hard to describe. I tend to like Hawkes, they work for me.
I hate MTC's. But thats JUST me.

My advice is.....buy a mildot 3-9x40 for 40 to 80 squids to get started. Sell it when you have a good idea of what you want to replace it with, or keep as a backup.

[secretagentmole]

Look through the scopes, even two scopes from the same range can be miles apart optically!