Lightweight scopes

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Mwarrior50

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I was just curious as to the lack of lightweight/sub 1 pound rifle optics for airguns, or that could be used on airguns. Scopes that have an adjustable objective or parallax adjustment down to 10 yards. Scopes to make note of:
-Leupold 3-9x33 EFR at 12.1 oz iirc; sadly uses duplex
-Hawke Vantage line has quite a few scopes under 1 pound, thankfully. Though not many go beyond 9x. I personally own the 4x32 AO, and love it.

I have looked at other rifle scopes that come close, some from Vortex, some from higher end companies, but most if not all fail to focus at 10 yards, and/or are much heavier than that 16oz mark.

I was curious if anyone here has made a list of lightweight optics?
 
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Mwarrior50 said:
I was just curious as to the lack of lightweight/sub 1 pound rifle optics for airguns, or that could be used on airguns. Scopes that have an adjustable objective or parallax adjustment down to 10 yards. Scopes to make note of:
-Leupold 3-9x33 EFR at 12.1 oz iirc; sadly uses duplex
-Hawke Vantage line has quite a few scopes under 1 pound, thankfully. Though not many go beyond 9x. I personally own the 4x32 AO, and love it.

I have looked at other rifle scopes that come close, some from Vortex, some from higher end companies, but most if not all fail to focus at 10 yards, and/or are much heavier than that 16oz mark.

I was curious if anyone here has made a list of lightweight optics?
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Vector Veyron

3-12x44 SPF and FFP
4-16X44 SFP and FFP
2-8x32 SFP.
10x44 SFP

All under 16oz
 
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This is about as close as you'll get to a pound, with a medium power level, parallax adjustment down to 5, and in FFP too.

DISCOVERYOPT HD 2-12X24SFIR FFP-MIL​


HD 2-12X24SFIR Compact FFP Rifle Scope-DISCOVERYOPT

The HD 2-12X24SFIR rifle scope is a high-definition 2x scope at an equally cost-effective price!
www.discoveryopt.com www.discoveryopt.com
 
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Airgun-hobbyist said:
This is about as close as you'll get to a pound, with a medium power level, parallax adjustment down to 5, and in FFP too.

DISCOVERYOPT HD 2-12X24SFIR FFP-MIL​


HD 2-12X24SFIR Compact FFP Rifle Scope-DISCOVERYOPT

The HD 2-12X24SFIR rifle scope is a high-definition 2x scope at an equally cost-effective price!
www.discoveryopt.com www.discoveryopt.com
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This is the one I got. Still waiting on shipping, but excited to get it mounted on a rifle 👌
 
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Mwarrior50 said:
That looks real nice; any experience with it?
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Yes. I've bought a few of this small scope now to keep the hunting gun's light and manageable. There's a writeup on it here, with comparisons, along with a bunch of new and satisfied owner's chiming In.

Discovery HD 2-12X24 SFIR FFP. A little experiment.

I bought a new offering from the Discovery factory this week to do a little experiment with. And when I say little, I mean it is a little scope at 81/2" long. Discovery HD 2-12X24 SFIR FFP is a gem of a scope for the price. In the daylight it compared on par with it's next biggest brother...
www.airgunnation.com www.airgunnation.com
 
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Mwarrior50 said:
I was just curious as to the lack of lightweight/sub 1 pound rifle optics for airguns, or that could be used on airguns. Scopes that have an adjustable objective or parallax adjustment down to 10 yards. Scopes to make note of:
-Leupold 3-9x33 EFR at 12.1 oz iirc; sadly uses duplex
-Hawke Vantage line has quite a few scopes under 1 pound, thankfully. Though not many go beyond 9x. I personally own the 4x32 AO, and love it.

I have looked at other rifle scopes that come close, some from Vortex, some from higher end companies, but most if not all fail to focus at 10 yards, and/or are much heavier than that 16oz mark.

I was curious if anyone here has made a list of lightweight optics?
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That Leopold 3-9 is a great scope. I seem to remember Nikon used to make a similar scope. Sadly, they have exited the rifle scope market
Leopold does make a 4-12 that's pretty light weight, but I don't think it focuses down to 10 yds.
 
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