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Hawke Sidewinder ED 10-50x60 Does anyone else have one?
Kerndtc:
I recently purchased one and was very excited to get it. I recently just mounted it up and was zeroing it in and noticed when I brought my target in closer than 11.5 yards it wouldn't focus, I guess it's closer to a 10meter focus than 10 yards.
The glass is very clear, super bright and the Reticle is very fine, almost easy to lose the correct dot for holdover on a dark target unless you use the illuminated reticle.
The focusing at 12x for Hunter is not very repeatable. Compared to my wife's sidewinder 3-12, and my old sidewinder 6-24 this will barely range find at 12x.
Is this normal for a high magnification scope that is set for such a low power level?
gonzav:
High mag scopes do not mean better ranging at 12x.
Here is a related discussion on a similar high mag scope. Other Hunter division shooters agree that you should not waste money on high mag scopes if you are just planning on just shooting Hunter class only. If you want to eventually go and shoot open or WFTF, then yes get one.
http://www.network54.com/Forum/451309/thread/1492109213/last-1492695201/--%3E+Expand+Thread
Being able to use mil-dot bracketing to measure the known size of a kill zone or concrete block base was a key factor for ranging well past 40 yards at 12x.
Hope this helps.
farmerjoe99:
As of yet I haven't heard any reports on how they work for ranging at high or low power but I'm hoping we will start seeing some with FT season starting up.
I'm curious to see if they are a good option for open and WFTF shooters
Kerndtc:
--- Quote from: gonzav on April 24, 2017, 08:11:16 PM ---High mag scopes do not mean better ranging at 12x.
Here is a related discussion on a similar high mag scope. Other Hunter division shooters agree that you should not waste money on high mag scopes if you are just planning on just shooting Hunter class only. If you want to eventually go and shoot open or WFTF, then yes get one.
http://www.network54.com/Forum/451309/thread/1492109213/last-1492695201/--%3E+Expand+Thread
Being able to use mil-dot bracketing to measure the known size of a kill zone or concrete block base was a key factor for ranging well past 40 yards at 12x.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks for the link and the advice,
I purchased this scope for shooting open class next season, I wanted a high mag scope with a 12x indicator so I can become familiar with it while still in Hunter class. I felt I couldn't really go wrong with $625 for the scope shipped!
I actually just made a spreadsheet for bracketing two nights ago. Man I would be nice if our KZ sizes were all WFTF size just for ease of ranging.
Mine ranges extremely well at 24-50x, shooting 50x isn't doable at 11.5 yards or less only because it is out of focus.
The clarity of the optics were what I expected, very nice. It's still extremely bright and clear at 40x and is just a little darker at 50x.
ELooney:
Hi Cameron,
It's interesting that I came accross this post of yours today. I was actually wondering around lunch time if you use your laser range finder to shoot the distance to the target from your eye relief point, mid scope point, or objective point. The reason I was wondering is because 1.5' (18") is half a yard and that could be just enough to throw off your measurments, since you've had some trouble with scopes only ranging down to 11 or 10.5 yards rcently.
When measuring yardage to the target for shooting practice and ranging practice I align my range finder with the center line of the parallax wheel or just forward of it by an inch or two. I've found that this method gives very good results and has worked to setup the wheels on both of my Hawke Sidewinder 6-24's (bought on your rcomendation). Not saying you're doing it wrong, but perhaps this will spur some thoughts or other discussion that could help. Hate to see you get another scope that won't do 10yds.
Evan
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