Rifle Scopes Crossbow scope.

[Bryan W M]

Looking for a crossbow scope that will actually hold a zero and good glass.
I have an excalibur tac zone and hate it.

 

[OH58DViper]

You need good glass for those 1000 yard crossbow shots? Just kidding, the Ravin X bows come with a Strike eagle on their higher end models. I don’t know if you’re wanting to drop serious coin on a NF, S&B, etc.... but and LPVO would do great on a Crossbow.

My wife uses the calibrated optic that came on her Ravin R9, it works like a charm to 100 yards and is deadly AF! It’s not great glass though, then again it doesn’t really need to be 100yds and in. My $.02

 

[Bryan W M]

Thanks.
Right now my biggest problem is not holding zero and low light sucks.
I loose about 10 minutes of shooting light because I cant see.

 

[Stooxie]

I have a Hawke XB30 Pro that I really like. The reticle makes sense to me and I've found it to be pretty spot on once dialed in to the "right" speed for your bow.

-Stooxie

 

[Bryan W M]

@Stooxie how is it in low light?
I was looking at that one and the compact. The pros 24mm vs the compact 36mm for low light

 

[koshkin]

Hawke has really paid a lot of attention to the crossbow market and they scopes seem to hold up well and have reticles designed appropriately for the distances.

ILya

 

[SageRatSafaris]

Some options:
* Hawke (variety of crossbow scopes)
* Leupold Crossbones 2-7x33
* Nikon PROSTAFF P3 3x32 Crossbow
* Sightmark Core SX 1.5-4.5x32 Crossbow
* Trijicon ACOG XB

 

[koshkin]

Vortex at some point repurposed their 2.5-10x44 PST into a crossbow scope.

ILya

 

[Stooxie]

@Stooxie how is it in low light?
I was looking at that one and the compact. The pros 24mm vs the compact 36mm for low light

It's been fine for me, it will go until dusk but I, too, prefer a larger objective lens. Oddly the reticle in the Pro is only available in the Pro. I've killed many deer with this scope, but I do find that decision to be a bit odd.

-Stooxie

 

[Langford]

After trying a few, I settled on a Zeiss XB75.

decent glass, holds zero on this setup, although I’m sure the recoil is a bit different than a traditional crossbow.

 

[Bryan W M]

The zeiss XB75 is the one I truly wanted but its discontinued, same with the Vortex and Leopold

 

[gopherslayer]

Next year I’m getting a Hawke I think. I need to do some research on durability. The Chinese special that came on mine is, special.

 

[408w]

Put a vortex 1-6x strike eagle on mine and works really well.

 

[jsthntn247]

Screw all that. Get you a HHA Optimizer adjustable rail and put whatever scope you want on it. Took about 30 minutes to get mine sighted in out to 60. Then pick the correct yardage tape and your all set. Crossbow scopes suck, I threw mine in the garbage in the shop before I ever took it home.