Illuminated scopes

Scopes are subjective e. Joe Rhea has great review! Price, MOA OR MIL, single power, variable,3x9, 6x24. One thing for sure , to me, illuminated. If you're hunting, you might want to look @ Pard NV008P LRF. 1lb. Night and day. If you're long range shooting , depending on your orbs, maybe not.

At a 30yd max I would go with a red dot sight.

Hi, I started this post not too long ago, and I hope this read can help you out. 

https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/looking-for-mid-range-ffp-scope-recommendations/ 



I have the same Wildcat compact .30, and right now it's mounted with an Athlon 4-14x44 FFP with IR, roughly $300 or so (but I don't do any night/dusk hunting with this gun). For air guns, I found that the 1-4 or even 1-6 scopes weren't quite strong enough even at 30 yards for the small game that I hunt, and having the extra magnification really helps me place a more accurate shot. But I also hunt at longer distances too though. For your purpose of hunting, a 10 yard parallax is a must IMO. 

And sorry I do not have experience with the scopes you mentioned. 

How about a Benjamin Akela with an ATN NV scope. Those together should be around $1100 all in. There's a 4K in the refurb section of the ATN page. https://www.atncorp.com/refurbished

Do your due diligence always research before buying. Read the optics section. Lots to learn from actual owners and not just reviewers who don't actually pay for their own scopes that they are reviewing and notice what scopes they have on their own guns too very important.

Practice what you preach eh?

Take notice scope cam footage on actual user guns if the Youtubers are actually using them personally not only for the review for scope cam hunting videos and what not. Pay attention.

Buy several choices at a time from a return friendly company with the plan to return 4 out of 5 scopes or better yet like me 9 out of 10 scopes and I often return all 10 if they all aren't clear at max zoom power and fish for 10 more or 20 more next time to choose from and return all the rejects. You get first hand experience comparing 10 or 20 scopes at a time and return all of the rubbish ones. It's that Simple.

That way no regrets and you get the best out of them and know first hand which are really junk.

Yeah, .30 caliber is a slightly different beast that I haven't really looked at. I just assumed the Akela in .25 would work. Based on the EBR scores from the top shooters, An FX in .30 is always a safe bet.

Make sure you save some porkers for me to hunt when the wife and I semi-retire in Florida next Summer.

Good luck on finding the illuminated scope that works for you. I need bright colors because my old eyes can't distinguish black crosshairs against a dark background anymore.

I don;t know anything about that scope you speak of. For me if I am hunting, I probably would stay home if I did not have a rifle scope with daylight bright illumination. Ten years ago, I thought it was a whistle on a plow, but now it it is the plow. Watch out for a lot of high dollar scopes as their illumination is weak. Can't remember all the scopes I tried and sent back or sold for a loss, tying to find the right one. I like higher power scopes, but here is a few I have now that have daylight bright illumination. Hawke Frontier 30 with the dot, Meopta Optika 6 , dot, S&B Exos 3-25, super daylight bright, can see the dot looking into the sun. Too d---n heavy, great for watching fields even past dark. That little MTC Atom is not bad I can see the illumination even in daylight. A cheap 3-9 Bushnell bright dot. One of my Athlon scopes has daylight bright illumination, but the same model on a couple others I got rid of was only good at dusk, not sure. Here is a real good one & won't break the bank. I have one & really like very clear a real light gatherer. I can go on, just a few I like. I do have a coupe low power illuminated, but they do not have SF or Parallax, so kind of don't use them must got a couple of those at scope shop now to change parallax to 40 yards. 

https://www.optics-trade.eu/us/delta-optical-titanium-2-5-15x56-hd-sf.html

The thing about he hawke frontier sf 30 the one with the dot is the dot is large & easy to see. Good for hunting but maybe not soo much for precision shooting. I love it. 

If you want to try that cheap bushnell 3-9 I have pm, me I will send it to you ( conus only) if u like it you can keep it, pass it on, kind of a thing. If I can find it find it though. I set the parrallax down to 40 yards, so it is not cherry. had to heat it , The old ones they did not glue the obj. 

Happy Hunting. 

Stretch, here is a couple shots using my (*Graphic) Tactacam, & The Hawke Frontier or a Meopta Optika. One thing no one tells you about the Tactacam, while it is wonderful. It does reduce the brightness of the image you see through the scope. Not bad, but could be a problem late or almost dark. Maybe it is just me, I do have eyesight problems. A 2000.00 bb gun, heck that a deal.  A man cannot really tell his wife everything,LOL...Besides life is short & you only live once. I was a poor kid, I want toys now,LOL

https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/tactacam-more-squirrel/

https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/ground-hog/

https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/tactacam-squirrel-clips/

I have a 4x16 bushnell with a cf500 ir and a red dot on a 45 degree mount on my .30 rainstorm. The red dot is set at 40 yards I believe. A slight tilt to the left with the rifle puts the red dot dead on for quick acquisition if one pops out on me close. The combo works great for covering short and long range

I have a 4x16 bushnell with a cf500 ir and a red dot on a 45 degree mount on my .30 rainstorm. The red dot is set at 40 yards I believe. A slight tilt to the left with the rifle puts the red dot dead on for quick acquisition if one pops out on me close. The combo works great for covering short and long range

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That is a good set up. I used to have that on my Royale 400. The first day I used it, I remember it was raining. Was early in the season. I shot a limit and only used the scope once. so it is not just a gadget , it is useful. Worked wonderful using that distress call when they would be running toward you and shoothin them close. I also have used a iron sight like that. A peep with a ghost ring. You can get a lot of good ideas following the military forums. Thanks for sharing. Happy Hunting,