Hawke 3-12x40 Airmax 30 Compact SF Rifle scope Ill. AMX, 1/10 MRAD, 30mm

purchased thru affirm from P.A. with hawke offset mounts. ordered thurs. morn and it came sat. @ 12:00 noon..wow...! this scope took 50 mins. to mount and level up. i won't use the focus wheel for fear of damaging it. the objective lens adjustment is dead on in terms of distance and parallax. the lighted reticle is a real gas however i haven't had a chance to give a rabbit a lead ear plug lol

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the illumination wheel is quite hard to turn so i rotate it clockwise only to turn the lite on or off

The compactness of the scope ,look and site picture are absolutely magnificent

The cost of the scope is a bit to much

If your looking for a compact scope to put on your gun this scope would be a awesome choice

This scope is the perfect size for my FX Wildcat. Bullpup rifles are compact for a reason and putting on a standard size scope defeats the bullpup's small design. Under the turret caps are excellent drums (Pyramyd should really include a picture of them) with precise markings and a stationary centering post mark so you know how much adjustment you have dialed in. I have less expensive Hawke scopes I also love but the reticle on this one is so much more sharp and fine. The turret caps spin off quickly unlike other scopes that take forever to remove. The 40mm objective appears every bit as bright as my 50mm Hawkes. The side-focus is so much more usable than objective focus. I can side-focus while looking through the scope unlike my objective focus scopes. The drums have a positive "click" and after using them to center different pellets I observed they make precise and consistent reticle adjustments.

Maybe smaller turret drums. Current ones are outstanding in usability and accuracy but seem more appropriate for large target scopes than a compact scope.

Hawke support team is excellent with super fast assistance. Get yourself a $35 Wheeler Firearms Accurizing Torque Wrench for use in mounting all scopes. Because of the compact design of this scope the amount of tube, forward and aft, of the turrets available for ring placement is very limited. If you are using this scope on a PCP (low or no recoil) consider using single strap rings. You need to keep the forward ring at least 1/2" away from the turret (I traded several emails with Hawke support to resolve an issue.) I had my front ring very close to the turret and tightened it a bit too much. This caused the side-focus gears to be pinched and not operate properly. I had already purchased BKL double-strap rings so I moved them as far from turret as possible and only tightened the forward top strap, of the forward ring, to 15 inch pounds. The rearward top strap, of the forward ring, I torqued to 10 inch pounds. The scope works great now and I love side-focus. I have included pictures.

This scope has the heavy duty built and good glass for this price range that's for sure.Glass etched reticle is sharp I like it in black more than the illuminated one but it can be useful in different situation.

For this price range and quality scope it should come with at least some kind of good plastic or rubber flip-up scope covers instead of double rubber bands one which most people will not use.

Since this is a compact scope and short eye relief I have a little problem with eye relief when mount on my FX Wildcat in .22 cal.even I mounted it all the way back.So I remounted the scope rail backward and it looks good.