The Hawke Optics Vantage 4-12x50 with 30/30 Duplex reticle continues the legacy of the Vantage line of riflescopes, offering great features and extreme clarity at a very affordable price.

Hawke® Optics, a world leader in high quality sporting ... The Vantage 4-12x40 with 30/30 Duplex reticle and the Vantage 4-12x50 with 30/30 Duplex reticle are perfect for hunting and recreational ...

Hawke Vantage 4×32 AO mil-dot Hawke Vantage 4×32 AO mil-dot Bill Buckley Hawke would be better off with a standard duplex reticle inside this very capable scope. The reference dots in this “mil-dot” ...

But with more competition comes lower prices—and the Hawke ... of the reticle when adjusting the diopters. What’s also nice is that the diopters click like a watch bezel or scope turret ...

and the optics industry cranked out big 5-25×56 scopes with supersized turrets and first-plane reticles to serve this new market of shooters. The new versatile hunting scopes are meant to be paired ...

That tends to be the break point between scopes that have crappy glass, underwhelming reticles, and mushy turrets and those that are more purposefully built for specific shooting situations. Under ...

What these scopes share is low magnification, generally from 1-power up to 6, 8, and even 10-power, illuminated reticles, and small objective lenses. We like to see the addition of throw levers on the ...

I’ll skip to the punchline: It doesn’t exist. Scopes with the simple reticle and hard-wearing durability demanded by Midwest whitetail hunters don’t have the holdover references and easy-dialing ...

If you’re shopping for a rifle scope, the third question—after “What do you plan to use it for?” and “How much are you looking to spend?”—is “Are you looking for a first-plane or second-plane reticle?