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| Value for Money | 5/10  |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5/10 |
Full review by
NickHead
on 2nd May 2006
User Rating : 5
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Good Points: Nice looking reticule, Ideal for the " I want one of those" brigade. Clear optics. Good aftersales via deben.com.
Bad Points: Setup information availability as of this post. At present, without messing about, only useful on 1 magnification that has been calibrated to the rifle you are using.
General comments: I decided to get one of the Hawke Airmax scopes to aid in my hunting. Having used a 30/30 scope, and hating having to guess where to aim, I decided that this would be the end of it all. How wrong I was.
As you may know, it stipulates that a 16-16.5 grain pellet (.22) is to be used at a power of 11.5ft/lb. A zero of 30 yards to be obtained. Well, having gone to the expense of getting a chronograph test and having to buy JSB Pellets (used to use Accupels @ 14.4 Gn) I found that I was lower than the required power. In the setup guide there was no indication of how high the scope should be mounted, I think I have medium mounts on mine but what happens if you have higher mounts - would that not change the trajectory ???... MMM, after many simulations on Chair Gun (brilliant program) I could not achieve any info on different mag points...
The range finding reticule is a good idea, however, that also changes at different Mags, not too difficult to recalculate either.
The Airmax SR12 Reticule is only true at 12X Mag, hence the SR12 bit. This wasn't true for mine. As far as my calculations it was to be at 10 times, in practice it became spot on at 11 times. Great, I could shoot all day, hit everything (20mm Discs) from 20 to 55 Yards. Could not fault it whatsoever. Until the Magnification was changed. The reticule graduations recalibrated to obscure values that were all over the place. I wasn't going to check every Mag for every reticule intersection, this would take ages, 9 intersections and 18 different Mags, No way.... At the moment there is a calculator being designed for online use, wether it will cure all these indescrepencies I don't know.
At the moment I have given the scope a middle of the road score because I am not happy with it. It retailed at £229, and I am sure I would have got a single mag scope at a much cheaper price. If the calculator does not come up with the infomation that opens up the scopes capabilities, It will be going back to the shop as a " Not designed for the job it was intended" label attached, and I will go back to my 30/30...
I have to say that the lads at deben.com will reply to e-mails, and, in conjunction with Nick Jenkinson, reply with some test results for different pellet weight and power.
I like the scope but I don't think it can do much more than a good quality MilDot cannot achieve. You wil still have to consult a ballistics chart to see which aimpoint you should use, at different Mags.
The scope is bolted onto a Weihrauch HW100T MkII, with a Tetra coated bore running at 11.4 ft/lbs with a 16 grain JSB Exact .22.
Any more info I get, I may post it if any one is interested..
Regards
Nick
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