Things I liked: Nice well made little scope..since it is fixed power it is light..bit over 9oz so almost half the weight of huge scopes people seem to like for airguns..due to low power all you do is set the focus and see clear from 3 ft to infinity, no more fuzzy image because the targets to close,,,i always hated that.
Things I would have changed: Thinner retical but then again this is made for close work with its history being crossbows for deer....also for those who dont know a 1x scope has NO magnification so if you want magnification get at least a 2x....view not totally clear and lack of magnification combined make finding a rabbit thru thick bushes tough...has a bit of edge fuzz/fisheye going on but take into account i own nice firearms with $900 swarovski scopes and use a pair of $2k Swarovski EL bino's so my comparisons dont do this nice little scope the justice it deserves..
What others should know: I wanted the added durability of a fixed power with the added benifits of lighter weight with fixed power..there is nothing wrong with big fancy variable mag scopes but its just not needed for distances i hunt....i wanted low power fixed to also give max clarity because the honest truth is that you get more for you money with fixed since there are less parts and less complexity in building the scope and less to break or go wrong...
As i mentioned do understand there is zero magnification on this scope...the crosshairs are not like a fine wire sniper scope cuz it aint meant to be..this was made for crossbows shooting at a deer at 30yrds...this scope works fine for my 30yrd and less .22 hw97 rabbitgun ..at 30 yrds the crosshair cover most of the rabbits eye area so there is no sniping the eye or rats heads at that range...the scope zeroed quick and easy and has held up thru 100 shots so far but since it was designed for crossbows it shuld be fine...i dont even use the bottom crosshair because even with my .22 it seems to work out to near 50yards so i use the crosshair to 25 and the bottom leg of the cross hair for 35yrds and for upclose to account for scope height...the lighted rectical is nice and works fine but i prefer unlit...
One heads up..it comes with scope covers attached and with the focus knob turned down so when you first remove from the package andook thru it everything will actually look smaller..remove the slip-on cover and turn the focus ring out.
I do like mine, very much. I have it on a Webley Alecto and figure that it will do just fine on my usual maximum shooting length of 18 yards. One thing that might interest others is that I elevated this scope with 1/2 inch risers which allows me to interlace my non-trigger hand's fingers over the top of the Alecto barrel. My thumb I put under the barrel just in front of the trigger guard. This gives me a very stable shooting arrangement. It keeps my hands closer to the body which enhances stability. Just a thought, William
Hope you like yours William...I have now had this almost a month and was going to add an update since i had a small screw come loose and for a while thought i had a broken scope....i have about 1k or more rounds thru my .22 hw97 so far and today when i was using the chrono i heard a small rattle from the scope...i at first thought it was internal damage i heard and was all prepared to consider it broke but i thru the tube with a flashlight and could not see anything loose...just as an afterthought i removed the turret cover and one of the mini screws that holds the click dial had come out and that was the loose part i heard;,,whew...put it back in and scope seems good,,so that is something to keep eye on obviously and i almost returned a good scope if i would have just assumed my springer destroyed it... Still happy with the scope tho i think if i do it over i will go with a 2 power for the bit of magnification to help shooting thru limbs...as this is obviously like open sights, tho easier to use it is hard t get on animals at times because it is only a $100 scope...its good for the money but you cant get Swarovski type image and at times i cant pick out the squirrels when looking thu the scope if they are in shadows...again it is similar to open sights so take that as part of the nature of this scope and any low price scope...still happy with it so far thouh and for my 30 yrd and less range shooting it does fine..
I like these well written comments. They cover the salient points. If you want, you can call Hawke and they will tell you whether you can put this thing on an HW97. I can vouch for the fact that they will cheerfully talk to you and tell you what you need to know. I recently had troubles with a red dot sight and traded it for one of these. I have yet to receive it but look forward to it especially now that I read the above.
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Things I liked: Nice well made little scope..since it is fixed power it is light..bit over 9oz so almost half the weight of huge scopes people seem to like for airguns..due to low power all you do is set the focus and see clear from 3 ft to infinity, no more fuzzy image because the targets to close,,,i always hated that.
Things I would have changed: Thinner retical but then again this is made for close work with its history being crossbows for deer....also for those who dont know a 1x scope has NO magnification so if you want magnification get at least a 2x....view not totally clear and lack of magnification combined make finding a rabbit thru thick bushes tough...has a bit of edge fuzz/fisheye going on but take into account i own nice firearms with $900 swarovski scopes and use a pair of $2k Swarovski EL bino's so my comparisons dont do this nice little scope the justice it deserves..
What others should know: I wanted the added durability of a fixed power with the added benifits of lighter weight with fixed power..there is nothing wrong with big fancy variable mag scopes but its just not needed for distances i hunt....i wanted low power fixed to also give max clarity because the honest truth is that you get more for you money with fixed since there are less parts and less complexity in building the scope and less to break or go wrong... As i mentioned do understand there is zero magnification on this scope...the crosshairs are not like a fine wire sniper scope cuz it aint meant to be..this was made for crossbows shooting at a deer at 30yrds...this scope works fine for my 30yrd and less .22 hw97 rabbitgun ..at 30 yrds the crosshair cover most of the rabbits eye area so there is no sniping the eye or rats heads at that range...the scope zeroed quick and easy and has held up thru 100 shots so far but since it was designed for crossbows it shuld be fine...i dont even use the bottom crosshair because even with my .22 it seems to work out to near 50yards so i use the crosshair to 25 and the bottom leg of the cross hair for 35yrds and for upclose to account for scope height...the lighted rectical is nice and works fine but i prefer unlit... One heads up..it comes with scope covers attached and with the focus knob turned down so when you first remove from the package andook thru it everything will actually look smaller..remove the slip-on cover and turn the focus ring out.