I purchased a Benjamin Fortitude for use as a woods gun. I'm looking for an optic appropriate for it's intended usage of walking out into the woods with my son and plinking mostly in the 25-40 yard range. This isn't a benchrest rifle most shots will be unsupported either standing or sitting using a sling to aid in stability. I lean towards a simple fixed power 4X scope. In my short search looking at 4x scopes the market seems pretty thin for ones with parallax adjusted low enough for air rifle use. There are the el-cheapo units that you see bundled and marketed for air guns like on my Ruger Impact by Umarex. It's easily the worst scope I own. The reflections drive me crazy using it. But it holds a zero on the springer and I can generally put a pellet there I want it to go with it.
First at the generic 4x options. Ones like 4X AO branded by Winchester marketed towards air rifles. Beeman or Centerpoint branded or any of the various China-scopes in the $30 range. Don't have too high hopes of the quality of the optics on any of these but maybe I'm wrong.
UTG/Leapers has a 4X fixed parallax set at 35 yards with a mil-dot reticle. $47 on Amazon. Never owned a UTG/Leapers scope so it's not a brand I have experience with or trust. People seem to like the Bug busters. Good reviews on Pyramid Air. Seems to hits all the specs of what I'm looking for with a cheap simple scope. Parallax is set at a good yardage for me not to have to futz with it.
UTG/Leapers also has a 4x32 with AO and mildot. For about the same price I can add a AO and tool free target turrets. I'll go ahead and admit in the middle of writing this post I ordered this one from Amazon for $45 since they only had one in stock. I didn't want it to disappear as an option before I had a chance to finish this post. Yes the AO and tooless target turrets are nice features but probably not features I will ever use. And even though it's about the same price as the 4x scope it comes with weaver rings so I would have to but a set up dovetail rings so it's actually another $10.
I see the Hawk brand mentioned often around here as a quality optic. Coming from powder burners it's not a brand I've ever heard of to be honest. They have a 4X32 AO which might work but it's almost double the price for a brand/model I've never been able to touch/feel in person. The fixed objective version is $10 less but is set at 100 yards so that won't work.
BSA sells a 4x32 AO airgun scope for around $60 on Amazon. Duplex reticle which is a negative compared to the mildots found on the other options. I do own a cheap Sweet 17 4-12x scope on a powder burner and it's probably the cheapest scope I own but I've been very happy with it for the price I paid. Only option so far in a brand I've had experience with.
Maybe you guys know of other options I havent found in my brief search you might point me towards. Is the Hawk brand worth the premium over the BSA/UTG options? I don['t mind paying more if the optical quality is there.
First at the generic 4x options. Ones like 4X AO branded by Winchester marketed towards air rifles. Beeman or Centerpoint branded or any of the various China-scopes in the $30 range. Don't have too high hopes of the quality of the optics on any of these but maybe I'm wrong.
UTG/Leapers has a 4X fixed parallax set at 35 yards with a mil-dot reticle. $47 on Amazon. Never owned a UTG/Leapers scope so it's not a brand I have experience with or trust. People seem to like the Bug busters. Good reviews on Pyramid Air. Seems to hits all the specs of what I'm looking for with a cheap simple scope. Parallax is set at a good yardage for me not to have to futz with it.
UTG/Leapers also has a 4x32 with AO and mildot. For about the same price I can add a AO and tool free target turrets. I'll go ahead and admit in the middle of writing this post I ordered this one from Amazon for $45 since they only had one in stock. I didn't want it to disappear as an option before I had a chance to finish this post. Yes the AO and tooless target turrets are nice features but probably not features I will ever use. And even though it's about the same price as the 4x scope it comes with weaver rings so I would have to but a set up dovetail rings so it's actually another $10.
I see the Hawk brand mentioned often around here as a quality optic. Coming from powder burners it's not a brand I've ever heard of to be honest. They have a 4X32 AO which might work but it's almost double the price for a brand/model I've never been able to touch/feel in person. The fixed objective version is $10 less but is set at 100 yards so that won't work.
BSA sells a 4x32 AO airgun scope for around $60 on Amazon. Duplex reticle which is a negative compared to the mildots found on the other options. I do own a cheap Sweet 17 4-12x scope on a powder burner and it's probably the cheapest scope I own but I've been very happy with it for the price I paid. Only option so far in a brand I've had experience with.
Maybe you guys know of other options I havent found in my brief search you might point me towards. Is the Hawk brand worth the premium over the BSA/UTG options? I don['t mind paying more if the optical quality is there.
