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Does anyone on here run one of these? Looking at a 3-9x40 AO, they are 14oz with an etched reticle. Seems like a great value for about $120??

Easy pass on Chicom optics

So they are Chinese? I looked but couldn't find where they where made.

Hawke sells some good stuff, Chinese or not, but I’d pony up a bit more for a Burris FFII or E1 (Philippines).

The Vantage line is the low end of what they sell.

I’ve got a Hawke air gun scope and I have to say, it’s fairly impressive for such a low cost scope.

I have that exact scope on an old RWS 45 pellet rifle. I'm just popping squirrels out of the bird feeder with it because I'm not so good with open sights any more.

I think it's a decent entry level scope.

I also have a Hawke Airmax on a RWS 48 and a Hawke Endurance 30 on a 450 Bushmaster.

I love the Endurance but hate the weight of it.

Dan

Is it this one?

https://us.hawkeoptics.com/vantage-3-9x40-ao-mil-dot.html

I put this one on an RWS 3500 pellet rifle. Reticle broke in under 50 shots. It's wire in this model.

I have a Hawke Vantage 6-24x on a 270. The higher powers are useless because they're too fuzzy. The scope is too heavy as well. The parallax dial is too sensitive as well. Infinity sure isn't infinity and if you want to shoot 50 best not have it set on 100.

I have four; three Endurance LER, one Endurance 30 8x56. Only trouble so far has been a 2-7 that lost zero mounted on a scope-killer Mini-14. Need to test it to see if it’s broke or just couldn’t hold on under the op-rod whacking the Mini-14 dishes out. An identical one has held up fine on a .50 inline, which comes back pretty hard. I rate the Endurance line about like the Bushnell 3200 and Redfield Revolutions I had, but with illumination and better eye relief. The 30mm models have coil bias springs, and 18-layer multicoating instead of 16. All were bought on clearance for about what the OP’s Vantage lists for or less, except the 8x56, which was $200, IIRC.

Have had good service from Bushnell Trophy XLT bargain scopes, but they dropped the XLT and some say the new ones aren’t as good. Mine have been made in Korea, the Philippines, and possibly one in Japan.

When I was researching the Hawke line for my two pellet rifles, I found that while the Vantage would hold up on a centerfire fine, the more powerful springers like your RWS 3500 could cause a problem. My old RWS 45 is well shot and I have my Vantage mounted in an Diana Bullseye mount. The mount actually moves with the recoil. My RWS 48 I put the Airmax on because I knew that would hold up and I'm using a mount very similar to yours on that one.

Dan