Hawke Airmax

[Mister Bill]

I have recently had several Hawke Vantage scopes fail on a 14 fp springer. Hawke warrentied them, no problem. I want to change models but would like to stay with Hawke because of their quality and price range.

Has anyone had a Hawke Airmax fail on a moderate springer? Mine are no where near magnums.

Thanks.

Mister Bill

 

[Blejda]

Hi
I had Airmax 4-12x40 failed at around 2000 shoots on Hw 97.
It was replaced under warranty.
Regards Marko

 

[JEFFPPC]

Mount them in Burris Signature Rings with the inserts. Use the inserts to zero as close as possible to minimize knob turning. The plastic inserts relieve the vibration from the spring which is what harms the scopes.

 

[bustachip]

Mount them in Burris Signature Rings with the inserts. Use the inserts to zero as close as possible to minimize knob turning. The plasric inserts relive the vibration from the spring which is what harms the scopes.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

I used athlon talos base 3-12 mildot scope for a few years now and use it as a throw around scope on hw, gamo, hatsan springers far exceeding 2000 shots .lol.. far exceeding.. lol

Easy no questions asked lifetime and in Kansas .
Only issue I got with it is it's weight. On tall rings or light gun can make it feel a little too heavy..

 

[bchannell]

Im a huge fan of Airmax scopes, i have several. Are they thee best? Probably not, but they're darn good. I've never had one fail, but i bought a used 4-12 that had debris inside. It worked fine but was hard to look thru. I called Hawke and told them and they replaced it. That scope, today, has been on almost every gun i've owned in the last 5 years or so and never let me down.

You do know that the Vantage are only rated for something like 12 fpe, so that might be your problem there.

I'd go Airmax and don't look back.

 

[StudentPilot]

I had a Hawke Vantage 4-12x50 illuminated Mildot go bad (reticle rotated counter-clockwise) and I upgraded to the Airmax 4-12x40.

I had a Vortek HO tune kit installed by Tom thinking it would smooth it out, but the Airmax went bad in the exact same way less than 11 months later (reticle rotated counter-clockwise).

I only have about 700 shots on the replacement Airmax, but so far so good.

I have only used these scopes on a .177 Diana 34P. It puts out 14 ft. lbs. with the Vortek kit (used with both Airmax scopes). It was a 12 ft. lb. gun when it had the Vantage.

I installed the Vantage with an RWS droop-compensating one piece mount. The Airmax's were/are mounted with Hawke Match rings.

Hawke service was great both times I had to use them, but if I have to use them again I will put the replacement on a PCP.