Hi everybody, sorry for the extremely late followup!, I know it's been a long time since I have started this thread in Jan 2011, I have been very busy with life and work. Anyways, I figured it has been long enough for a long term impression of this Hawke scope.
The good:
The scope to this day has never failed to track, or fogged or have any failure that would keep it from being used.
It has been on many rifles with a ton of rounds down range with it, Mostly 300wm and 308.
it is now 2020 and I would say I have had my money's worth out of it.
The Bad:
After years of use, there was a tiny small piece of debre inside the scope the fell and stuck onto the lens inside the scope, this was strictly cosmetic.
The "light" knob after all these years finally started to loosen up and started to give a slight flicker in the light itself.
The Awesome customer service!!!
So recently I went ahead and sent it off for warranty to take care of the two small issues.
Hawke took the scope in and I spoke with their tech on the phone about the problem and I also asked him his opinion on the newer FFP version on the scope, he said he liked it.
I asked him if the scope had to be replaced if it would be possible for me to pay the difference to upgrade to the newer ffp version, to my surprise, he upgraded it for me for completely free and they paid for free rush shipping, my return!!!!!
I remounted it and tested the tracking of the scope and shot about another 60 rounds with it " not a single issue"
My brother needed a new scope so I just gave it to him and it's working great on his 308 bolt rifle.
A side note.
The glass quality in my opinion is clearly better then the Votex gen 1 pst"Which I have used several different PSTs before", pretty close to my Athlon Ares",which the Ares beats it slightly at higher magnifications about 18x power and higher. not as good as my
Athlon Cronus, but hey, look at the price difference!
There are alot of scopes to choose from now on the market, alot more then there was in 2011. I think that if Hawke came out with a few newer designs, they would be awesome for the price.
I do not in any way knock them, they have earned my respect and I would not have any problem using another one of their scopes. especially over Vortex" which gets way more credit then they deserve, I have had several issues myself with vortex and a few other friends who also have.
Vortex started out with some good product when they came out but then they raised their prices to way higher amounts then what their products were worth. They are just now starting to lower their prices back now that there is more compitition on the market. From this day forward, I will not buy another Vortex product;beside the defender scope caps, I do like those!
