Lots of good advice. I have to agree about reticles, the ones with all the dots and junk off to the side is just too much for me. If I'm sighting in I constantly have to move the scope around to see where I hit, because the dots obscure the hits. Then once sighted in I almost never use the windage dots, they just get in the way Truthfully, a simple mildot is the easiest to use. I do like hash marks that are longer at 5 mil, 10 mil etc eliminating the counting down.
As to scope quality on a airgun, I've heard that argument before, and don't buy it. Not saying cheap scopes aren't usable, because they are, but there seems to be a happy medium, where more $$ becomes a situation of diminishing returns. For me, there's a lot of cheap scopes that work well, there's even more medium $ scopes that work well. For me, it does seem a lot to go above $1k for my shooting. It just doesn't bring a lot more to the table. I have Hawke Frontier, Airmax, Optisan EVX, Vector Veyron, SWFA SS, and yes, even a CenterPoint, that is AMAZINGLY good. What you get as you go up, most of the time, is better, thinner reticles, glass etched, and somewhat clearer lenses. My CenterPoint is a pink unicorn as it is as clear as the Frontier I have. I know, I know, it's not likely the norm for an $89 scope, but it's true. For informal target shooting, some pesting and hunting, I just don't need a Nightforce or Valdata, but I do understand that some do benefit from such high dollar scopes. Heck, I almost never shoot above 10x or 12x, and only have two scopes that go above that.
I understand if you bought a scope advertised to parallax down to 10x, and if that gripes you, then they should refund your money.
As to scope quality on a airgun, I've heard that argument before, and don't buy it. Not saying cheap scopes aren't usable, because they are, but there seems to be a happy medium, where more $$ becomes a situation of diminishing returns. For me, there's a lot of cheap scopes that work well, there's even more medium $ scopes that work well. For me, it does seem a lot to go above $1k for my shooting. It just doesn't bring a lot more to the table. I have Hawke Frontier, Airmax, Optisan EVX, Vector Veyron, SWFA SS, and yes, even a CenterPoint, that is AMAZINGLY good. What you get as you go up, most of the time, is better, thinner reticles, glass etched, and somewhat clearer lenses. My CenterPoint is a pink unicorn as it is as clear as the Frontier I have. I know, I know, it's not likely the norm for an $89 scope, but it's true. For informal target shooting, some pesting and hunting, I just don't need a Nightforce or Valdata, but I do understand that some do benefit from such high dollar scopes. Heck, I almost never shoot above 10x or 12x, and only have two scopes that go above that.
I understand if you bought a scope advertised to parallax down to 10x, and if that gripes you, then they should refund your money.
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