Founder & ex secretary of Rivington Riflemen.
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Sorry, Not a very good pic but this is a 3x ,40 Optima that I bought from a local antiques centre! (Luxus stock was from IJ )
John
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I have got a few optima’s including a very nice boxed little optima gamekeeper lovely little thing it is
you should mount it & use it, probably the most practical sporting scope they sold! Saying that, I do like the moonlighters, one that came with my titan mpt & a 50mm tasco that came with it too ,almost paid for the mpt when sold on!(& it looked a lot better replaced by a little whitetail)LOL.
Hi
I have an Optima Supermoonlighter on my Air Arms Camargue & an Optima Gamekeeper on my Sussex Armoury AR7. Both great scopes I prefer the Gamekeeper and both scopes suits the rifles perfectly.
Regards
Paddy
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I had a super moonlighter on an 80 in the 80's and I needed a step ladder to use it but I was only little at the time . I recently bought a BSA stutzen that came with a 4x32 optima on it and was pleasantly surprised at its quality. I even hit the bucket with it, but only once
The Gamekeeper was for its size very expensive. Optically it should have superior glass for that price. I believe Beeman ordered some too for the US market. There were some "Blue Ribbon" clones done of this scope a few years back.
The Supermoonlighter is a bit of a whopper, which is why I prefer the standard Moonlighter.
Hi
Yes the Supermoonlighter is a whooper and wouldn’t mind getting a Moonlighter too.
With the Gamekeeper I think the glass is fine and can get a really good sight picture. I think the size and look of it in the early days put the price up on these. And they just 'sit' so right on the AR7/Combats.
Regards
Paddy
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Here you go... Super Moonlighter on an HW80 .22 Maglazaglide.
https://imgur.com/a/xxi5lQ6
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HW32E (5.5mm) with Optima 4x32 wide angle complete with plated strap all bought together in 1980, a present to myself for suing for divorce.
lodmoor
Always ready to buy another Webley pistol and another and . . . .