Thread: Hawke scopes any good?

Originally Posted by rewa

Apparently the secret to cheaper scopes is to never adjust them once they're on, and use 'hold-over' when needed, as northdude says. I too,have a couple of really old Nikko-stirlings still going strong, I suspect they were better-made than modern cheap ones tho. Also have a Japanese Simmons wide-angle thats great (again I suspect its made right) plus an old steel-Weaver and an old Pecar-these last three are all equal and my favourites. I splashed-out on my first flash scope 2yrs ago; Leupold 3-9 vari, the reticle is too fine, and it appears less, optically, than the last three. It would be ironic, if it claps-out first. I bought it for my "Flash-rifle'' (sako 6.5x55), but have since gone back to the old Simmons 4x wide-angle.I would love to try some of these 2k-4k scopes you hear about, just to see what they're about, have to 'hit' them with a matt-black spray-can I'm guessing,cos the gold-plating would surely scare the game

I looked through a z5 at dusk. It shat all over my old red field. The amount of light it gathered and how late it was was amazing.