Question about Hawke Frontier scopes

[bchannell]

I have two Frontier scopes, both 1" tubes, a 4-20x44 and a 3-15x44. Look like same scope size & weight etc. They have great lenses and mechanics. My only gripe is the eye box on both is super critical. There is almost zero tolerance on eye relief and almost zero on side to side alignment. Needless to say parallax is no an issue at all. As long as the view is even half clear you're OK. I seem to remember a Sidewinder 6.5-20 I had that was super critical also.

My question is...are all Frontier ( and Sidewinder) this way? Anyone have a 30mm version?

I like these scopes and have no plans to get rid of them but I'd like to have a bit more forgiving 4-16x scope w/ lighted reticle. Any suggestions?

 

[Michael]

I have two Frontier scopes, both 1" tubes, a 4-20x44 and a 3-15x44. Look like same scope size & weight etc. They have great lenses and mechanics. My only gripe is the eye box on both is super critical. There is almost zero tolerance on eye relief and almost zero on side to side alignment. Needless to say parallax is no an issue at all. As long as the view is even half clear you're OK. I seem to remember a Sidewinder 6.5-20 I had that was super critical also.

My question is...are all Frontier ( and Sidewinder) this way? Anyone have a 30mm version?

I like these scopes and have no plans to get rid of them but I'd like to have a bit more forgiving 4-16x scope w/ lighted reticle. Any suggestions?

I can't speak for the 1'' Frontier line (must be old version) but I have several 30mm Frontier scopes and they have reasonably flexible eye boxes (unless you're at maximum magnification).

 

[Nico5999]

My 30mm (5-25) and 34mm (5-30) have decent eye boxes. Shooting from odd positions in speed shoots or PRS courses I’ve never had an issue.

Eye relief is also pretty good - longer than most other scopes.