Identify this scope please?

[Muskett]

I sent a 30 year old Swaro back because it had something growing in it! Same scope came back sparkling again; no charge at all. They really look after their customers.

I had a look through all my scopes yesterday. Each chosen to match a particular rifle. Zeiss, Leupld, B&L, Optima, Tasco, Hawke and Bushnell. Everyone a little different, everyone most well suited to the rifle and its use.
I've had a lot of scopes over the years, and those I kept it was quite obvious why.
My 25 year old Leupold is still a fabulous scope. The Hawke Sidewinder competed well will all of them especially as it has so many toys built in. The Bushnel Ultra for its package size was very bright and does the job, though neither the two Chinese scopes can compete with he pure build and finish quality of my Zeiss. But then my Zeiss can't do Air Rifle ranges. Two Tascos I have are excellent though not every Tasco I have is so good. The Opimas do show their age and though fine were to the bottom of the leaders board.
One scope that still surprises me I'll tell you about but there is on for sale and I might just have to get another, so not saying until I have secured it.

We really are spoilt for glass today. The real test is how they cope with different light conditions. The top brands show their pedigree here. As important is to match the scope to the rifle. If its requires a digi NV add on then that adds to the task.
I've had a lot of fun finding the scopes that work for me, and good enough to keep. I'll always have an Optima Moonlighter not because they are so great but because they were of a time.

I'm saving up for a new rifle, 6.5 Creedmoor, and that will have a completely new manufacture to me and configuration of scope to anything I have at present. All for the fun of it.

[JSD]

hi tom, what model, power, fine duplex, gloss etc ???? thankyou.. J.S.D.

[Muskett]

Leupold Vari-X III 4.5-14X40 AO fine duplex. Leupold Matt black, with Apel mounts on an Anschutz 1710 super grade woodwork. Absolute beauty and tack driver shooting Eley. Really can do a .22 sized group hole at 25m, have to aim off to get the group to grow. The fine duplex is Swaro fine, so very fine, almost too fine for the field.
The last time I did a full zero was over ten years ago, and it still shoots to the same spot every time taken out. Between subsonic and high velocity there is only a vertical difference of a few mm's.

Since my .17HMR Annie it doesn't see as much action. The .17HMR has a Zeiss H5 similar configuration, just annoying its parallax starts at 50m, but then it has low target locking turrets so I can shoot the .17HMR on a still day to its max potenial. The Plex is a little faster too.

Not sure if Leupold does quite the same bar in name. All optics have moved on; not always superior to what went before though usually so. Its all in the glass and who has put in new machinery. Design matters too, and not everyone gets it right. Some scopes at the highest magnification are struggling for there is only so much lenses can do. Take each scope on its individual merit.

[JSD]

hi tom, many thanx for the description of your leupold.. Jimmy..

[thisisdonald]

I had a wee look at the scope today. Pretty nice, absolutely tiny!! I found the eye relief pretty short. Where it was sitting on the mk3 i could barely even see the crosshairs!! Up close it looks very clear. Overall condition is good. The rifle and scope will be mine very soon!

[averageplinker]

I had a wee look at the scope today. Pretty nice, absolutely tiny!! I found the eye relief pretty short. Where it was sitting on the mk3 i could barely even see the crosshairs!! Up close it looks very clear. Overall condition is good. The rifle and scope will be mine very soon!

You keep the rifle and I will give you £30 for the scope

[MartynB]

I had a wee look at the scope today. Pretty nice, absolutely tiny!! I found the eye relief pretty short. Where it was sitting on the mk3 i could barely even see the crosshairs!! Up close it looks very clear. Overall condition is good. The rifle and scope will be mine very soon!

That was a good find, I wish I had luck like that