Whatsthe best HFT scope....?

[DEAN C.]

Hi, I think that I have owned or tried most scopes suitable for HFT, and there is no easy answer and its what suits your eyes as well.
Regarding the 15 yards being blurry... every scope will be blurry if set on an optimum of 23-25 yards px, its just a matter of how blurry and more importantly ....how much PX error you get.

I prefer medium height mounts so I would start there and see how you get on. The difference will be measured by where the majority of your range marks fall on your ret.
On medium mounts and my 30 yard zero I can take almost all kills between 15 yards and 32 yards dead on, (unless a mini kill at certain ranges ie 15,20-22, and 32 where it will just be higher or lower fractionally than your crosshairs).

Everyone will tell you different ways but I try and make it so that where the scope is clear I can take it on crosshairs, anything slightly blurry I stop and think a bit more. You have enough to think about with the wind and keeping steady.

I now prefer shooting around 8-9 mag and front end around 32-36mm, 40mm at a push if the glass is good.

Depending on budget I would be looking at the small front burris(3x9x32,4x14x32), or Leupold VX11 EFR 3x9x33 with either crosshairs or modified Mildot). The Leupold M4 MRT TMR ret(3x9x36 my personal favourite HFT scope)
or on a budget look at the little hawke airmax with small front end, but try not to touch any adjustments once zeroed as a few Hawkes can move zero with a magnification px change(but not all of them).
Connects are good if you can get on with them (I cant), but they are a marmite scope.

Having said all of that a lot of people myself included have shot pretty well with 10x40 scopes such as the Sightron and MTC.

Also read Brian Samsons "from novice to Ninja" if you are new to HFT. It was the best thing that I read about 10 years ago and has helped me a lot, as has Brian himself with most of us, but he might not realise it.