Have you fired the gun without the scope on to be sure it definitely isn't the gun making the twang?
I recently tuned my springer but found that a large amount of the twang heard on firing was the internal spring of the scope.
I read that this is a spring built in scopes (particularly with AO?) to deal with the recoil from spring air rifles.
So which scopes are better/worse (bearing in mind its still got to withstands springer recoil)?
Are there any features that minimise/remove scope twang? Are side parallax scopes better?
Is there anything you can do with existing scopes to reduce twang?
Last edited by Oly1; 19-01-2022 at 04:38 PM.
Have you fired the gun without the scope on to be sure it definitely isn't the gun making the twang?
Just to confirm that scope twang is real: I have a Stoeger 3-9x40 that twangs really loud, no matter what gun I mount it on.
Its more of a "ping" than the buzz you usually get from a vibrating gun.
Too many airguns!
Yep my weaver 15x AO does it also. Mach 1.5
HW95L .22 with Hawke 4-16 x 44 mm IR, SF scope. Shot cycle. https://youtu.be/bywPFmB2_ZM
In my experience it is mainly Hawkes, and of those most are the Varmint or Vantage, something like that, begins with a V?
Once a gun has had our bits fitted and the big noise stops, all the little noises are more apparent.
I have a couple of Smmons 1.5-5 x 20's, a couple of Hawke Airmax 2-7 x 32's and various redfield revolutions and Leupolds.
That and a very noisy "laser"
https://youtu.be/sa4c7mvZA5U
I have s vortex so that does it .
Had both Nikko Sterling and Hawke scopes that did this, it's the AO spring buddy...
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