Anyone Managed To Ao A Non Ao Hawke Vantage

[dayglowfrog 56]

Got the lock ring off with a hair dryer and rubber strap wrench.

It's a 3x9x40 vantage.

 

Seems they are using some sort of rubber to hold that bit on .

 

Can't get the focus ring to move , hacksaw was used in the slits so I could get a trowel blade mounted in a vice on it but still will not budge.

 

Heated it up when doing this as much as I dare.

 

I want to use the scope for hft at x9 but its ao is set for around 50 yards so I am blurred at anything less than 30 yards . Still got some good kill zones .

[charlie caller 3,654]

I am familiar with the process of changing parallax on a none AO scope, but I cant help feeling it would have been better to shell out the extra bit, and get an AO scope, rather than all the heating,hacksawing, and general straining at the keel?????

[dayglowfrog 56]

I agree will never buy another non AO scope .i could use it for hft at lower mag and the AO works a bit better but I like high mag.

 

I know alot of people use 6x but the mil dot's are bigger than the kill zones you never miss close shots though.

 

It probably should say not suitable for air guns on this model of scope especially since this is the entry level Hawke scope and lots will buy for air rifle s.

 

The more annoying thing is I bought two planning to set up two guns a tx and a 97 with the same time to use in hft.

 

The ao is not set identical on both scopes anyway one is slightly clearer.