Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics Any new info on SWFA??

I use the heck out of their 6x42 now. I'd love to see them build a 6x42 on the 3-9's tube with capped windage, zero stopped elevation, and HD glass. In that setup, unless it's mounted on a rimfire, I could do without the parallax adjustment. The current 3-9 is ~19 oz. I'm guessing using that tube, with fewer lenses and smaller capped windage, it might come in around 16 oz.

I do not see that rifle used in the online version of the magazine, so it is in print only, for the time being.


SWFA is indeed focusing on their own scopes and updating their product line. I tested the updated 10x42 that has new turrets, new reticle and some cosmetic changes. I needed something with tons of elevation because I was working on a budget ELR rimfire article.

Zero stop is a welcome addition as is the new reticle. Optically and mechanically, the scope was quite nice, but not hugely different form the earlier version. That's a good thing because it has a very long track of reliability.

ILya

I use the heck out of their 6x42 now. I'd love to see them build a 6x42 on the 3-9's tube with capped windage, zero stopped elevation, and HD glass. In that setup, unless it's mounted on a rimfire, I could do without the parallax adjustment. The current 3-9 is ~19 oz. I'm guessing using that tube, with fewer lenses and smaller capped windage, it might come in around 16 oz.

Yeah, I agree with you here. I don't think the 6x needs to be as bulky and heavy as it is. However, my sample of the SWFA 3-9 was not 19 ounces; at 20.3 oz, it was very close to the weight of the current 6x.

I have owned a 10x a 20x a 3x9 and a 3-15. Only half of them tracked perfectly. And that was the 10x and the 3x9. Still have the 20x sitting in a junk drawer. The tracking error is still there and hasn’t fixed itself It appears after 18 months. The company is still not stabilized. I did like the 3x9 quite a bit. But the rest of the line is nothing to get excited about.

Seriously buy something else.

The risk when you start to re-invent the wheel is that you may lose some of what you already have and like. In the case of the 6x and its brethren, the number one thing people rave about is dependability, which comes with weight.

Also, new stuff requires expensive engineering and tooling which adds to the price. How much more are you willing to pay? I for one, like getting a rock-solid optic for $300, $209 on sale, and don’t want that screwed up.