dazzyboi Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 im deciding on a scope to get, i want something that will work well in low light aswel as light situations. Also something that is good at hmr ranges. Im going to be doing shooting in the day, dusk and also lamping in the night so something that works well under a lamp is a must. Iv been looking at some of the hawk nite eye scopes. I have about £100-£120 to play with, obviously the less the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham M Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 http://www.opticswarehouse.co.uk/products.asp?cat=109 G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandersj89 Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 im deciding on a scope to get, i want something that will work well in low light aswel as light situations. Also something that is good at hmr ranges. Im going to be doing shooting in the day, dusk and also lamping in the night so something that works well under a lamp is a must. Iv been looking at some of the hawk nite eye scopes. I have about £100-£120 to play with, obviously the less the better. I have a Hawke 3-9X50 with illuminated reticule on my air arm 410 air rifle and it is fine with the lamp though if you can I would go for something a little better on the HMR and maybe upto 12 times mag for the longer shots. I am going through the same process and the gun shop suggested a 5-12 X 56 to me at about £200 but for the life of me I cant remember make at the moment........ Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 I started off with a 4-12*44 scope on my hmr and upgraded to a 6.5-20*50 as i found it difficult to place those tricky headshots at 150 odd yrds away on 12x mag!! Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzyboi Posted November 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Im heading towards this http://www.opticswarehouse.co.uk/proddetai...p?prod=HN652050 Simply because of the extra range coverage.. Would a 4-16 x 50 be sufficiant if i dont opt for the above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 That looks perfect to me mate!! I have a 3-9*50 ir hawke nighteye and a 6.5-20*50 hawke night eye and they both are brilliant scopes! I would of thought a 16* mag is better like the link you showed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzyboi Posted November 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 That looks perfect to me mate!! I have a 3-9*50 ir hawke nighteye and a 6.5-20*50 hawke night eye and they bother are brilliant scopes! I would of thought a 16* mag is better like the link you showed! Do you mean the 20* Do you think i would get away with the 16* for use with a .17, what sort of effective aiming range can i achive do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckytrigger Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Ive got a Nikon buckmaster 5-16x40 mill dot on my hmr and find it excellent. Its the sidewheel parallex version. It gives me plenty of mag for all my shooting situations and is pretty light and compact compared to the simmons 44 mag i previously had mounted on it. It is also very good for lamping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Well 20* is good, but 16* will be fine, i usually sit on 16 odd anyway and wack it up to 20 for those extra long shots! Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invector Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 I use Hawke Nite-Eye (spelling!) 3-9X50 with illuminated reticles, on both of my CZ Varmints, (.22 and .17HMR) Try Ramsbottom for a great deal. I got both of mine for £170.00, post free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Anyone of these would do just the job. Fantastic bit of glas. http://www.opticswarehouse.co.uk/products.asp?cat=221 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 For low light I would consider better glass than the hawke. I have used them on loads of rifles and they are extremely good for the money, but the low light performance is a bit dodgy. Ideally you want the biggest objective lens with the best glass you can, for the money stated you can't get exactly what you want so its a compromise. Nice little article in sporting shooter last month about scopes, talked about "exit pupil" and how it is important to match the exit pupil size of the scope with that of the human eye - if the scope's exit pupil size is lower than that of the eye, then you are not using all of it to gather light which means to some extent you are wasting what light there is, something you can ill afford to do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30-6 Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 I have been using a Hawke 4-16x50 with 30/30 IR (the center only lights up) and AO. It's on a FAC air rifle and found it good out lamping, £125 from Uttings but had to pay P+P also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno 357 Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 im deciding on a scope to get, i want something that will work well in low light aswel as light situations. Also something that is good at hmr ranges. Im going to be doing shooting in the day, dusk and also lamping in the night so something that works well under a lamp is a must. Iv been looking at some of the hawk nite eye scopes. I have about £100-£120 to play with, obviously the less the better. Pay that little bit extra and have a look at the Bushnell, Burris or Nikon perhaps The pound is very very strong at the moment so take advantage of the market and buy from USA Just another option Jonno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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