by Tom Gaylord
Writing as B.B. Pelletier
This report covers:
- Is compact good?
- The trajectory reticle
- Thin reticle
- Buy this trajectory reticle for targets, only
- And the scope?
- Brightness
- Image area
- Reaction to recoil
- Do scopes need to be broken in?
- Evaluation so far
Today I start looking at the Aeon 8-32X50 AO scope with trajectory reticle. We actually began our look in the final section of the BSA Supersport SE review, which is why there’s a link to Part 4 of that review at the top of this page.
For starters, I said this is the shortest 8-32x scope I’ve ever seen. I showed you a picture of the scope mounted on the BSA rifle, but the only comments that picture got were about the Diana Bullseye ZR recoil-reducing scope mount. Apparently not many of you own an 8-32X scope; and so when you see one that’s several inches shorter, it doesn’t make much of an impression. So, the first thing I’ll do today is show you the Aeon scope next to a UTG 8-32X (no longer made), so you can appreciate what I’m saying. The Aeon is 13.75 inches long, compared to 17.52 inches for the UTG.