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My old Leapers 3x9 pooped the roost today. Can’t get it any closer than 11-1/2” high and 2-1/2” left at 50’. Not that familiar with scopes for springers, what should I be looking for to replace the Leapers?
There are a couple of guys here who know what you need. They directed me towards a Hawke brand 3x9x40 with adjustable parallax. It is a great scope. Made for spring guns.
Until you hear from some other guys, you could entertain yourself by looking at the Hawke scopes on www.airgundepot.com.
I have a Hawke on my Air King 54 and it’s been very reliable. It’s only a fixed 4X scope but has held up well. I have a 4x16 UTG on my 52 that’s probably got close to 10,000 shots. So a UTG or Hawke are reliable in my opinion and experience.
I have a Hawke 4-16x44 SF on my AA TX200 mk3 using Sportsmatch rings, so far so good at ~16fpe.
The 54's hammer scopes, mine did and it killed 2 in a row many years ago.. you might want to ask the techie types at Pyramyd/Airgundepot about what scopes are known to live long on 54's, or maybe there's a Diana forum somewhere?
The Diana Bulleye scope mount will allow you to use any scope made. It has its own recoil action so the scope doesn’t recoil at all.
I have 54’s in .177@12ftlbs, .20@19ftlbs, and had a .22 @20ftlbs with no problems. The .20 sported a 35 target scope for 100 yard shooting at times as well.
Mitch
The Diana Bulleye scope mount will allow you to use any scope made. It has its own recoil action so the scope doesn’t recoil at all.
I have 54’s in .177@12ftlbs, .20@19ftlbs, and had a .22 @20ftlbs with no problems. The .20 sported a 35 target scope for 100 yard shooting at times as well.
Mitch
I have two of these and they work really well. 2 caveats.
-They sit high. So keep that in mind. The recoil system needs a little space so they sit a little high.
-It is a little disconcerting seeing scope play/movement. You don't notice it AT ALL during firing but in general handling, if you bump the scope it moves (as its designed to) and there is a hair of lateral play (as it needs to have for the system to work) and while neither of these things effect accuracy at all in my experience, they can be a little disconcerting after many years of rock solid scope mounting.
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