Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics 1 inch illuminated scopes...any good ones

Have one 30mm but would like to try a 1nch since I have boo-koo rings and bases already. Any decent ones out there? powdr

Had one Leupold with a green dot. Agree that the way they work is spot-on, and the light was usable under all legal conditions here.

I currently have four Hawkes that work well, but are definitely not daylight bright. On the other hand, they don't overwhelm the view under conditions where they are most useful either. You do have to remember to turn these off, or invest in a bunch of batteries.

If given a choice, I'd go with green every time.

Doug,

What is the Z5I going to start at pricewise?

Ive had a few.My favorite is the Burris E-1 with german3P #4 reticle.Also like the SIG whiskey 3 and the Hawke Endurance.

[quote=ingwe]Ive had a few.My favorite is the Burris E-1 with german3P #4 reticle.

Digging my same Burris that I paid something like $160 for. Worth MUCH more than that.

I also have Hawke scopes and a Leupold Firedot.

I have three Hawke scopes, and the glass quality is competitive with other good optics sold in a similar price range. Illumination on the Hawke’s is not daylight bright, unlike the Leupold Firedot.

I also don’t like the Hawke rheostat control. They advertise this as providing infinite control, but in practice I’d much rather have distinct steps with off options in between, I.e. 1, off, 2, off, 3, off..

Really depends on how important daylight bright is to you. ,

Digging my same Burris that I paid something like $160 for. Worth MUCH more than that.

t for what they cost, the Hawkes work well and as I said before, working well in dim light is the most important part for me. Others who shoot in the dark seem to complain more about lit reticles being too bright than anything else.

Back in the days when I was varmint calling during the winter, I saw that Bushnell had just brought out an illuminated reticle scope and I thought that it would be perfect for night time calling on my .22 magnum. It worked nicely for a while, but then one day the lighted reticle quit working. I figured that I had left the scope on and that the battery was low. Nope! I opened up the battery compartment and it was full of corroded white what ever comes out of batteries when they get and stay wet. Condensation from going from a cold environment back into the house had never entered my mind, but it sure did with my scope and the thing was ruined. First and last time that I ever wanted a battery powered scope reticle. It might work for you warm weather guys, but not so much for me in the frozen north.

I’ve been thinking on the Burris Four X 1.5-6x42mm - 3P#4 E Dot Illuminated.
Seems pretty good for the $$.

Should be excellent, I love the 3P#4 reticle...check with Doug I think he's got a sale going on those right now...

I haven’t tried one yet but the Tract Toric might be worthy of consideration.

John

But it's not a 1in xcope...remember the title? powdr