Hawke Vantage 3-9x40 AO, Mil-Dot, 1/4 MOA, 1" Mono-Tube

True to the hawke name very first one on a rifle, but will consider alternative hawke scopes due to its excellent quality and stability.

No change necessary flawless scope

I works well on my AV Avenger. the lighted reticle is good for shooting against black or dark targets. Glass is Clear. Finish is good.

inside of battery cap should not have black coating - My reticle did not light up out of box. had to tighten and internal ring and remove some black coating to get electrons to flow. they must have done my 20-20$ QA job wo checking to see if reticle lights up :-( PA - i was sad about this... its not any where near as nice as the Nikon Prostaff on my 10/22 but it is a generally good airgun Optic.

an adequate scope. the light up reticle is a good thing to have for shooting black centered targets.

Good clarity I like the fact you can turn the turrets with your finger's rather digging for a coin as for the lighted etched reticle I didn't think I would have liked it but while squirrel hunting it was somewhat overcast and dark in the woods I tried the red and green and found the red worked for me.

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I put this scope on my FX Dreamline Classic .25

The scope sighted in great. At 30 yards I am getting 1/2 groups. The lighted radical is nice to.

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The adjustment on the back of the scope is rather tight.

Easy to sight in holds zero .

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clear view, mil dot rec.

Mildots work great for holdover. Elevation and windage adjustments without requiring a coin or screwdriver is nice.

I don't really think I needed the illuminated reticles although it's not bad to have the option. It might be handy in shadows or low light conditions. It just barely fit behind the rear peep on the Weihrauch HW30S rifle I purchased but I did not have to remove the iron sights to mount it. There is a ghost image of the front sight hood in the lower part of the scope field of view but this does not affect shooting for me. I am using the Mildots for holdover at very close ranges and this seems to work well. I intend to test multiple target distances and develop a holdover card using the mildots.

Decent glass, mil dots for fast holdover without adjusting any turrets, adjustable parallax.

Instead of a lit reticle, they should just use fine crosshairs with the mil dots.

I used on a 22 LR firearm. Have been very happy with that application. The lit reticle works in low light, but just shows black in bright light.

Very clear optics even at maximum magnification. Well built with excellent fit and finish.

Have a separate on/off switch for the illuminated rectical. You have to cycle through the various brightness settings to turn the illumination off.

Outstanding scope for the money. Rock solid and holds zero point. I mounted it on a 22 cal Benjamin Discovery and could not be happier. Don't know how much I'll use the illuminated cross hairs but it's there if I needn't want it.

Great scope. I like the etched glass recticle. My Beeman R1 is a wire recticle scope eater.

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