Personally, I wouldn't get a scope below a 40mm object lens, 20mm just doesnt let enough light in...I have recently bought the 3-12X40 by Atom, bought from Amazon for £50, and I absolutly love it.
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Personally, I wouldn't get a scope below a 40mm object lens, 20mm just doesnt let enough light in...I have recently bought the 3-12X40 by Atom, bought from Amazon for £50, and I absolutly love it.
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Doesn't quite work like that...Originally Posted by Nivapilot
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Lol! I've compared my little whitetails with lots of other scopes in low light & none come near it's light gathering abilities. Also people tend to forget the higher the mag on a zoom scope the less light & smaller fov it can have.
Last edited by junglie; 26-02-2018 at 01:29 PM.
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Look through a Simmons 1.5-5x20 ... You'll be surprised at the brightness.
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I've managed to snag a Simmons wtc 1.5-5x20 I've read nothing but good things about these scopes so really looking forward to giving it a try.
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Glad you got sorted, all the "Whitetails" performed well particularly for hunting. Another that tends to get overlooked is the 4x40WA, lightweight, very bright with a wide viewing disc and dont be put off by the 4x mag. There's enough there for moderate ranges.
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Great info here. I'm looking to get a scope for hunting with a .22 air rifle. I've been reading about SFP and FFP scopes but it seems a minefield of information in realtion to whats been talked about and the many different reticules. Where can I go to read/find out about scopes in general, im more than happy to learn!
Ideally i'm looking for a small scope with side focus, but the different reticules etc make this tricky to determine the best one. All the scopes I've had recently have been mil dot reticules, but am I best looking at something else?
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As an aside do any of you fine peeps know what height mounts to purchase to keep the scope nice and low to the rifle please? I'd like High quality mounts. Thank you.
Last edited by hedgemumper; 28-02-2018 at 02:57 PM.
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Low or medium sportsmatch or bkls would do fine thats what my 3 little whitetails are mounted with. depends on the hight of your stocks cheekpiece.
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Witha sub 12 ft .lbs .22 the trajectory more or less dictates the type of scope or more importantly the reticule you will require. A .22 UK spec air rifle @ 11.4 ft.lbs firing the typical JSB Diabolo design pellets with a 3x12x Y half mildot scope and zeroed at 23 yards ( this is the optimal Zero range for a rifle of such spec but you could zero between 25 and 35 depending on the your style of hunting ) will cover up to 60 yards @ 10X . I should imagine this is plenty far enough for most hunters. FFP is very useful for hunting as the reticule is true for a 10X calibartion and once your aimpoints are determined you could alter the Mag as you wished and no adjustments to the aimpoints or turrets will be neccessary with the caveat that at less than 6X the reticule appears very small. I have an MTC/Optisan EVX F1 FFP which is a pretty decent scope for the money with a useful extended mildot type reticule. FFP scopes are not cheap but for long range target shooting an dhunting at 8X+ they justify the asking price.
If you come across an old Hawke SR12 reticule, have a good think as this reticule was designed for sub 12 .22 air guns.
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