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#Post#: 19636--------------------------------------------------
Buying my first sight. Help!
By: LimaSevenZero Date: November 23, 2013, 10:15 am
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Hey folks
I just bought my first firearm and have just applied for my FAC.
I bought a Weihrauch HW97KT but have not yet bought a scope for
it. I have no experience with rifles but hunting is something
I've wanted to get into for a while. I intend to shoot vermin,
rabbits mostly I suppose. I don't want to part with a lot of
money for my first scope as this may just turn out to be another
one of my short lived fads. Can I get a good scope with mounts
for under £80? I hear lots of people saying that Hawke is best.
Any suggestions? Thank you.
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Re: Buying my first sight. Help!
By: Stewartyg Date: November 23, 2013, 10:37 am
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Hi limasevenzero and firstly welcome to the forum! Where abouts
are you from?
Deciding on what scope you want and what type/brand depends on
what you what to use the rifle for. If you plan to use it mostly
in fields in the middle of the day a small scope will do you but
if its for the range or inside houses or shooting at night or
dusk then one with a larger objective lens will be required to
collect more daylight!
Hawke is by far the best scope on the market but for value for
money they are good. If you try some of the firearms dealers
they might have second hand which would leave you with a good
quality scope for less money.
A hawke 3-9x50 is probably more than ample for what you would
use the rifle for. I haven't bought a new scope in a while
(someone else might no better) but would say a hawke 3-9x50 with
mounts and dust caps would be over the £100 mark poss even £120!
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Re: Buying my first sight. Help!
By: LimaSevenZero Date: November 23, 2013, 2:44 pm
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[quote author=Stewartyg link=topic=2429.msg19637#msg19637
date=1385224672]
Hi limasevenzero and firstly welcome to the forum! Where abouts
are you from?
Deciding on what scope you want and what type/brand depends on
what you what to use the rifle for. If you plan to use it mostly
in fields in the middle of the day a small scope will do you but
if its for the range or inside houses or shooting at night or
dusk then one with a larger objective lens will be required to
collect more daylight!
Hawke is by far the best scope on the market but for value for
money they are good. If you try some of the firearms dealers
they might have second hand which would leave you with a good
quality scope for less money.
A hawke 3-9x50 is probably more than ample for what you would
use the rifle for. I haven't bought a new scope in a while
(someone else might no better) but would say a hawke 3-9x50 with
mounts and dust caps would be over the £100 mark poss even £120!
[/quote]
Thanks for the help and the welcome. I'll only ever be shooting
in daylight or what counts for daylight this weather and when
it's not raining which will really limit when I can shoot in
Fermanagh :) Is this what you had in mind?
HTML http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hawke-Sport-3-9-HK3024-Riflescope/dp/B004H13NZW/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1385238428&sr=8-6&keywords=hawke+scopes
Should I be suspicious that it's so cheap?
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Re: Buying my first sight. Help!
By: Stewartyg Date: November 23, 2013, 3:03 pm
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I would say its dead on they are normally £60 - £80 in the shops
I think! The mounts probably won't be up to much tho as a good
set should be around the £20 mark- but the scope should be
genuine!!
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Re: Buying my first sight. Help!
By: Snap Date: November 23, 2013, 3:19 pm
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Welcome to the forum. The 97kt is a cracking
rifle. Hawke are good. I would recommend a
Nikko Stirling scope. As Stewarty says a good set
of mounts is essential, especially for a springer.
Can I ask where ur getting it from. Is it new or 2nd
hand.
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Re: Buying my first sight. Help!
By: LimaSevenZero Date: November 23, 2013, 3:31 pm
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The rifle is strictly speaking second hand from a gun dealer but
apparently has never been taken out. I was given some story
about the owner emigrating and needing rid of it. Who knows if
that's true or not but it's in really good nick, not a mark on
it. I bought the synthetic one with the nickel coated action.
It looks mean at least :)
The scope that I've seen is new from Amazon Marketplace and it
comes with mounts. Whether they'll be any good or not we will
see. Are scopes easy to mount or will I have to take it to
someone who knows what they're doing?
#Post#: 19677--------------------------------------------------
Re: Buying my first sight. Help!
By: Snap Date: November 23, 2013, 3:40 pm
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Scopes are very easy to mount. Youtube is handy
for tips on how to do it. My mate has a HW97 and
he can get great results with it.
#Post#: 19678--------------------------------------------------
Re: Buying my first sight. Help!
By: LimaSevenZero Date: November 23, 2013, 3:44 pm
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Thanks fellas! I've no doubt that this will be the first of
many queries. I can't wait to get shooting now.
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Re: Buying my first sight. Help!
By: Stewartyg Date: November 23, 2013, 6:46 pm
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As snap said it's not hard the main thing is to make sure the
scope and rifle are level with each other!!
#Post#: 19705--------------------------------------------------
Re: Buying my first sight. Help!
By: Dancake Date: November 23, 2013, 8:12 pm
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Paddy Mayne would mount a scope with his eyes closed lol. Any
problems let the guys of the forum know and I'm sure sombody can
sort you out lad.
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