Page 2 of 3 - Hawke Sport Optics 1-Pc Elevation Reviews

This is a well made base for conversion from 3/8th rail to Weaver rings. It has 3 allen wrenches for needed adjustments. It is a rock solid mount. I even bought another for a 22 rimfire conversion.

There were no instructions for installation. For the novice or first-time install, may prove to be a problem. I had a question and Pyramyd had the answer for me.

I put this on a Hatsan 95 with a Hawke 3x9 with ease. It was originally recccomended by the Pros at Pyramyd. Great service.

Picatinny rail. 4-screw clamping (that doesn't actually clamp tight).

Pivot elevation adjust doesn't clamp tight - climbs w/ each shot. Maybe I'll have to drill & tap a front set-screw. More likely, spot weld it in the bottom position.

It did just what I needed it to do. It sits in the dovetail of a Hatsan 95 nice and tight and you can remove the scope stop if needed, this rail doesn't move.. Fixed the barrel drup and cured my scope problems..The Optima Scope that came with the rifle now works just fine.. I wish the 95 came with a weaver mount but hey this is a good alternative.

I would put the adjustment screws in a more strategic place, they are in the way if you want to mount your scope ring base on either end of the rail.. If it wasn't for that little problem I would have given it a 5 star.

I didn't put this on an air-rifle, I put it on my target .22 lr. I haven't yet had a proper chance to run it through the paces, but from my calculations at 100 yds I have the capability of 10 feet of bullet rise once it is sighted in at 100 yds. I have it bore sighted at 50 yds and even if I adjust for drop I have at least 8 full rotations, 60 clicks per rotation 1/4 inch increments, of turret movement. I now have the capability of hitting a gong out to 650 yds with a .22 lr without using a guesstimated holdover.

inexpensive

everything else

This would not stay tight on my medium powered .22 springer. I bought it specifically to fix the barrel droop but with any elevation adjustment this base would loosen within 5 shots. Even when tight it still wasn't SOLID, don't waste your money.

Grade A product. Simple & effective.

I resent having to use an interconnect adapter between my dovetail and Weaver-rail based night scope in the first place. Is it that hard to have uniform standards? Regardless of sentiment, this product gets 'er done.

Sturdy mount.

I would put the pivot point at the end that don't stick out because if you have it on a long dovetail receiver it limits the adjustment. I had to grind a little off the bottum on the end that sticks out to get enough adjustment on the heighth I needed.

All in all a good mount. Simple in design.

Elevation adjustable, well made for price. Clever design: once you spend lots of time figuring it out. Can be mounted forward or reverse, with or without stop pin and the stop pin is rotatable with round and flat sides.

Does not clamp tight enough and creeps, depending on gun recoil and scope weight. Stop pin can't be used with HW90 if you need lots of elevation. Screws crush the mount slightly. There are several ways to mount but no comprehensive instructions.

Because of this adapter I was hoping I could swap scopes on my guns easily using leupold qrw rings. But this adapter simply doesn't grip tight enough for some guns. You can have either lots of barrel droop or high recoil but not both. In order to use the stop pin the adapter must be facing forward (or backward depending on what you call it), but then you can only compensate for barrel RISE. I couldn't get this to work with the HW90 for this reason. The Hawke tech rep was responsive but could never offer a solution to my problem. Even on the low recoil HW97 creeping has occurred.

Solid construction, holds extremely tight to dovetail, very easy to mount, adjusts for barrel drup.

Can't think of a thing

I bought this for my gamo varmint hunter hp because I was having trouble with other mounts moving back. Almost a 1000 rounds, and it hasn't move at all. If you have barrel drupe, this mount is adjustable to correct it.

Solid and adjustable. Lower than the Leapers.

Nothing.

Perfect for the raised rail on a T-05 Diana. The front lug is removable so it can be used on straight dovetails as well. Unlike the fixed amount of droop in the Leapers, you can dial in the amount needed for your specific gun. This adapter and the low Hawke weaver rings is the lowest combination I have found for a Diana. Unfortunately PA doesn't carry the extended model needed for the T-06 Diana.