I finally got some trigger time today with the Cricket II Tactical and the Immersive Optics scope. I only shot at 35 yards, but I'm coming away impressed!
These first 3 sighting shots made me smile. It does not get much better than this.
View attachment IMG_20210925_083233_443.1632615913.jpg My main "task" was to see how many shots I was getting from a fill (ends up with 150+ 41 fpe shots with fx 18s).
I'm super impressed with how well it handles glare. It has essentially no shade AND I was shooting east in the morning...
The reticle is thicker than I like, but one can hardly call this a target scope. The field of view is really this scopes most unique character. And it is w I d e.
What really struck me was seeing the small puffs of dust that would emanate from the bullet box after each pellet impact. There was just perfect back lighting to make it out perfectly.
The focus was great and the clarity was very good. I eventually got used to essentially pressing my eyeglasses against the objective, but this was uncomfortable at first.
View attachment IMG_20210925_083233_197.1632616580.jpg Again this was only 35 yards, but here are over 150 shots and I only had 2 flyers.
I chronographed every shot and really got to appreciate having both a good image of the target AND also being able to see the metal supports for the light diffusers on the chronograph at the same time.
I can totally see how this would be a very cool hunting combo!