17hmr rifle scope

[Guest bone]

hy ,wondered if anyone has any any preferences to the type of scope to suit the above ,and what size ,price range,as i have just applied on a variation . and would a decent air gun scope suit .

[Guest sushie]

[Guest baldie]

You need to go to the top end of airgun scopes, to find one that will cut the mustard past 100 yards. The .17hmr is a 100 to 200 yard gun, you have to be able to see, what you are shooting at, with great clarity at those sort of ranges. A 3-9 scope isnt powerful enough for a hmr, you need a 4-16, or better still, a 6-24 power scope, and the lenses need to be good quality. A good mid priced range is weaver, or bushnell, or burris, you will pay, around 200 to 300 for one of these. Forget the hawkes/ags, s, unless thats all you can afford, they arent up to the job.

[Guest sushie]

Sorry mate i was just trying to help, if baldie says my advice is wrong then so be it! Dont take any notice of my last post please! Listen to baldies advice you wont go wrong!

[Guest bone]

Sorry mate i was just trying to help, if baldie says my advice is wrong then so be it! Dont take any notice of my last post please! Listen to baldies advice you wont go wrong!

cheers baldie

[Guest baldie]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion sushie, mate, and yours is just as important as mine mate. I dont know it all about guns etc, only my own experiences. Keep posting mate, thats what makes this site interesting, because without peoples opinions, it will cease to exist.There are a lot of people using hawkes,and ags, s on 17 and rimmies etc, they will do the job, but there are scopes which will do it much, much , better. Sometimes i tend to forget, there are a lot of young lads, and some not so young, who arent fortunate enough to go out and spend £3-400 on a good scope, i used to be the same, good fortune has smiled on me [for once], I now am self employed, and can afford the best, but i work six days a week for it.What i,m trying to say, is, buy the best scope you can afford, steer clear of gimmicks, like the hawkes are packed with, and pay for good lenses first, and mag second, and gimmicks third.

[Guest sushie]

No probs baldie, i just think you are alot more knowledgable than myself on these matters and i didnt want to give advice that wasnt strictly spot on! Cheers

[Guest A Sick Old Man]

I would go along with Baldie on this one, I have spent too many hours looking through binoculars and rifle scopes.

 

And one important lesson I have learned is that the quality of the lens's is the MOST important factor, I would much sooner have a small pair of good quality binoculars than a cheap pair promising the world,

but which has crap glass in.

 

The same goes for scopes, I was lucky that my "work" rifle had a Schmit & Bender fitted to it, so you get spoilt, but when I got my own rifle (10/22 + CZ .17) I got a Jap Gold Crown 4 X 40 and a second hand Swarzofsky. Not cheap but the clarity of the glass is good, no frills at all but they do the job.

 

I would save up a bit mate, look at US optical sites, you can save a packet.