Scope recommendations for 22lr & 17hmr

[Lucasnorth]

Any recommendations please chaps. 

For pest control on a farm. Don’t need to be anything fancy but nothing naff. 

Many suggestions most welcome. 

Thanks 

Lucas. 

[WalkedUp]

I rate Hawke. Doesn’t need to be expensive. Mine are all second hand. Adjustable parallax and just keep it set to 100 yards unless you need to adjust it. Illuminated reticle is great for night time, set low I use green and a red lamp.

Hawke 3-12x50 AO IR, buy second hand. If you don’t like it lump it on without losing a penny. 

[bruno22rf]

I use a Nikko Stirling 3-9x40 but any reasonable scope will do, make sure you get one with AO.

[wymberley]

2 hours ago, WalkedUp said:

I rate Hawke. Doesn’t need to be expensive. Mine are all second hand. Adjustable parallax and just keep it set to 100 yards unless you need to adjust it. Illuminated reticle is great for night time, set low I use green and a red lamp.

Hawke 3-12x50 AO IR, buy second hand. If you don’t like it lump it on without losing a penny. 

Agree absolutely. Beside me boxed and doing nothing is an Airmax 3-12x50 SF AMX IR used for just 3 months when I took it off the R-10 when I bought it from someone who bought the whole kit and caboodle new and then had a change of shooting discipline. It's complete with the 4" wheel, sun shade, pop up lens cover and installation tool and Hawke paperwork.

[Scully]

Hawke will certainly do it. I had one on an old 700 BDL for a while, before upgrading to Leupold which I had on a T3, and still have on my CZ. 

[Lucasnorth]

Thanks for the replies so far chaps. 

Been looking at these 2. 

https://uk.hawkeoptics.com/vantage-ir-3-9x40-rimfire-22-subsonic.html

 

https://uk.hawkeoptics.com/vantage-ir-4-12x40-ao-rimfire-17-hmr.html

And my mate is selling one of these for £250

https://www.bushnelloptics.com/bushnell-riflescopes-424165m.html

[spandit]

There's a nice Bushnell Elite Firefly on eBay for £125 at the moment.

Remember, for a rimfire you don't need super low light optics as you can shoot your quarry at night with a lamp

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, the hawke Rimfire is ok but I would go better on the HMR glass, 

[spandit]

I have a Bushnell Legend HD on my HMR - it's superb

[Lucasnorth]

2 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, the hawke Rimfire is ok but I would go better on the HMR glass, 

Had the same though myself. So was thinking of my mates bushnell elite for the HMR. 

thanks. 

Lucas

[oldypigeonpopper]

39 minutes ago, Lucasnorth said:

Had the same though myself. So was thinking of my mates bushnell elite for the HMR. 

thanks. 

Lucas

Hello, my friend has a HMR , zero at 100 yards, shoot out to 200 depending on back stop and time of day, his Hawke 3x12 x 50 S/F suites this , and good clarity at dusk

 

[villaman]

Discovery ffp on my HMR, vector ffp on my .22lr 

[oowee]

For me there is so little work in the day compared to the night I would just pop on a pard. Just bought a t1x (not so easy in the current climate) and have a pard waiting for it when the rail gets here. 

[Lucasnorth]

Iv just ordered a pair of T1X’s 17hmr & 22lr😄

[spandit]

10 hours ago, Lucasnorth said:

Iv just ordered a pair of T1X’s 17hmr & 22lr😄

It's what I would have done if they were available when I got my FAC. Have you gone for the same spec? I presume the bolts are interchangeable?

[Lucasnorth]

I ordered the 22lr in 16” barrel. And the 17hmr In 20” barrel. And Iv now idea if the bolts are interchangeable. I’m new to all this. But learning every day😁 

[Lucasnorth]

Think Iv decided on these 2. 

 

https://uk.hawkeoptics.com/vantage-ir-4-12x50-ao-mil-dot-ir.html

https://uk.hawkeoptics.com/vantage-ir-4-16x50-ao-mil-dot-ir.html

 

[Lucasnorth]

But now Iv discovered side focus😂 

https://uk.hawkeoptics.com/vantage-side-focus-4-16x44-mil-dot.html

Who knew it would be so complicated🙈

[oowee]

22 hours ago, Lucasnorth said:

Iv just ordered a pair of T1X’s 17hmr & 22lr😄

I bought the hmr in 16 inch. Avon and Somerset were very quick with the variation and the rifle was here about two weeks ago. Just waiting for the rail to arrive so i can get it all painted and then set up. 

[Vince Green]

you can't go far wrong with any of them

Superb value for money, not that long ago you would have to put a naught on the end of the price to get a scope that good but still without the features.

The only downside is it really goes to demonstrate the devastating efficiency of Chinese manufacturing to blow the rest of the World Wide opposition out of the water, Nobody in the West can hope to compete with those prices and eventually they will drive the likes of S&B and Zeiss to the wall

Then we will have no choice. Don't be completely fooled by the very cheap prices, I think they could charge a lot more, so why don't they? I can only see one reason???

 

Edited July 6, 2021 by Vince Green

[ShootingEgg]

I had a spare meopta scope so that's on my anshutz HMR. And I have a Nikko mount master on my 22 

Hawke or Nikko you won't be disappointed. Side focus is a great option if you put a NV add on to it.

[Lucasnorth]

Loving all the help chaps. I’ll be moving on to scope mounts next. 
then moderators, and bipods so don’t wander off to far😄👍

[spandit]

For moderators you need look no further than a SAK.

For bipods, I've found the cheap Chinese ones to be as good as the more expensive ones, but I generally shoot from quad sticks so haven't fitted the bipod in a long while.

For scope mounts, I'm told Sportsmatch are what you want. They're not massively expensive. I don't practice what I preach - all of mine are generic Chinese mounts and they seem to work fine.

[Dave-G]

Be advised: the unburned gasses from a short barrel HMR will soon erode the aluminium baffles in a sak. Brother and I have both been there and done that following recommendations... Invest a tiny bit more in steel baffles such as an ASE UTRA rimfire: https://calibreinnovations.co.uk/product/ase-utra-dual-rimfire-moderator-1-2-unef/

[villaman]

I have Hawke vantage  side focus which was on my HMR but changed it for discovery ffp side focus  , far better scope imo