Ordered a new Hawke scope and a set of Warne rings.

I seldom shoot with the illumination on, however I find "lit" to be much better than "unlit" with a fine etched reticle on a dark target in the shade! LOL, IMHO, better to be annoyed and hit the target than miss it when not annoyed!

Received the Hawke Vantage and after mounting on my vibration/twang free HW95 and the found that the scope itself vibrates with the shot. Emailed Hawke and promptly received this reply............
"Ed
Thanks for using Hawke Sport Optics. What you are hearing is just the internal AO adjustment spring. This will not effect how the scope performs. If you ever have any trouble with the Vantage scope I would recommend going to the Panorama models these are basically Airmax scopes with illumination . If you have more questions feel free to contact me anytime.
Have a good week
Jes Reeve
877-429-5347"
I find the vibration to be annoying but perhaps I can simply ignore it.

Here is the scope mounted to my HW95 using the Warne rings..........

I really like the "Warnes" because they do work well. I was a bit concerned initially that Warne listed the suitable scope objective as 44mm max and the Hawke scopes I bought have a 50mm objective. Well....as you can see, the Warnes mounted to a Weaver to dovetail adapter gives adequate scope bell to receiver clearance.

4-12x50 Hawke Vantage Update........
The Vantage did lose it's ping after shooting a couple hundred shots and all was working ok till the field target match I shot last month. My HW95 with Hawke mounted started throwing pellets all ove rthe place, plus the "illumination feature" became erratic when I needed it and even a new battery didn't solve the issue.

I opted to get a RMA number from Hawke but I didn't have the sales receipt, however I did find an email reply from the scope vendor, printed it out, repacked the scope and it was sent to Hawke for a look-see. 

After a few days I contacted Hawke and found that the scope "lost parallax" and a new scope was received about a week later (pretty good service). I mounted the scope on the .177 HW95 that has been detuned to about 13fpe for a while now and took a few shots. This new replacement scope has no ping when shot even though I was assured by the Hawke tech guy that the "ping" was normal. So far the scope is "holding the group well" but a few thousand shots will be needed to verify if it's suitable for my purposes.

I did ask the "tech guy" a couple questions and was told that the scope is "springer rated", however he recommended that the Vantage be used on springers with 12fpe or less. I mentioned that my HW95 I was tuned at about 13fpe and was told that it should be "OK", but simply return it if it doesn't hold up.

I also asked how the scope could lose parallax since it was optically centered when used and was told that perhaps an internal lens had shifted. I mentioned that I optically centered the returned scope via the mirror method and was told that the only way to optically center a Hawke was to "spin in vees". He said that with the Hawke the reticle centering has been lab tested and found to be "way off". I asked about the Hawke recommended "count clicks and divide by two" method recommended in the owners manual from previous scopes bought a few years ago. I was told to ignore that old hawke advice because the reticle stops moving before the turrets are at the extreme limits of travel. LOL....these reasons are probably why I could optically zero a Hawke AirMax AO using all three methods and the reticle centering wasn't even close between the different methods. LOL, with my Aeon and Optisan Viper the reticle centering was within a couple clicks from identical using either the mirror or count "clicks and divide by two" methods!

Anywhoo.....it remains to be seen if the replacement holds up on my detuned .177 HW95.

Here is the replacement 4-12x50 Vantage AO mounted on my HW95.........