Hawke Optics

[chicago]

There's been so many posts here and on the Tiberius forum about the various Hawkes out there now.That I decided it was time to consolidate the new ones here. And, here's my newest revelation.

I was playing with the Hawke BDC program today (it's free you can download it from the hawke website.) When I looked up and saw Reticule drop down menu. It had the XB30 listed so I set stuff up and one of the things it asked was what range was it zeroed at. Well, I said 20 yards cause that's what the instructions had said to do. It said originally adjust your zero for twenty yards and that's where it's been zeroed ever since. And I got the flight path for the various crosshairs that I saw.

And, as you know, the scope goes 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 yard increments. So, I went back and typed in that I zeroed it to 40 yards and it switched the trajectory on the graph and filled in the view as: 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80 yards. I had thought that the max range for my scope was 50 to 60 yards. But, it makes since, I zeroed it for 20 so that was its compensating point. Although I havent tried it yet, I probably will do so soon.

I just wanted the people who've been buying and following the Hawke reports that there may be more than I originall thought!

The only draw back that I found to the program was that the velocity adjust on the projectile's lowest increment was 10 fps and mine jumped from 275 to 285 fps. I want calculations at 280 fps. But, I was clicking on the scroll bars. May be it will allow me to enter 280!

More about this later. Anyone else with the other hawkes tried this?

[DJmatt123]

I just typed in 280 and it took it. I've just briefly tried out my 1.5-5x32 SR and so far it's looking good. I just ordered a top rail on the ring so I can piggyback a chinese eotech on top of it for CQB. I need to stock up on some more FSR's so I can zero in a little better and figure out the rangefinding with it.

[chicago]

It works, its great. Thanks for trying it.

[chicago]

Yes, I spend a lot on my markers! I follow the same philosophy our citizens/government follow with their spending:





Now does any one wonder were we could get more cash to pay off the deficit faster. When I've got limited funds...which is all the time now...guess where I cut back. I've heard it but can't validate it; the US spends more on defensive than the entire rest of the world governments combined (except may be China and the drug cartels)!

[Allu]

Well you do got some nice toys over there, and that's just what we know about

[deathwatch789]

So Chicago how does the scope system work? What do you have it sighted at?

[chicago]

I have it sighted at the manufacturer's suggested range which is 30 yards. Here's a pix so the rest of my description makes sence. Here's what you see when you look through the scope:



Home (the very center, the chevron, the biggest red crosshair is at 30 yards (90 feet), I know casue that's where I zeroed it. Below it, the next smaller cross hair is at 40 yards (120 feet), and each succeeding cross is zeroed at 10 more yards farther away. That distance between them is based on the velocity you have your marker set to (the speed at the tip of your barrell has a corresponding position on the scope. Mine is set for 280 feet per second (FPS). The scope was zeroed at 30 and now, the speed determines the distance between the other red crosshairs. That's how it works.

But, there's more: the distance on one side of the chevron from the crosshair to the the bar is if I remember correctly, a foot (on all those scales). that is approximately the width of a human head with a paintball mask on; so, I use that to determine distance. That is, which one of those cross hairs fit in the spot of the scope. And, viola, that's the distance to target; so now you know which crosshair to use! fast, accurate target acquistion.

There's a lot more but, I'm listing this stuff in order of importance. If you sighted this scope in properly, at the distance you ar shooting, those red crosshairs, just one side of them up or down is approximately one inch for the yardage you are shooting, cool ugh!

I want you all to rmember when you read this, this is how my Hawke XB30 works. The lens lets in a lot of light and the images are like there's no lens, no scope in my view. And, everything I said is for this model XB30. I probably would have bought the XB1 if it was out at the time. More yards and cheaper price (about half the XB30). I believe it works exactly the same,; but, I can't vouch for that cause I don't have an XB1.

I do have other scopes including another Hawke but, it is neither speed nor distance adjustable, it came as a package with the HHA optimizer. Every one who looks thru it goes wow! and the optimizer adjusts the yard (like an APR) you just aim and shoot. I love the optimzer because it is adjustable in one yard imcrements. It has great optics as well. And I use a separate "on gun" range finder called a vendetta from Leupold to get my yardage again in one yard increments (but, that's not on my Tiberius T9.1, I call her the silent angel and she is for mid range sniping and overall woodsball), this setup I'm describing now is on my CCM SR1, the silent ghost named after Casper, the original owner. Prototype serial number 003!

Both sights and setups are great! The reason I mnetion the second setup (which is for my long range one shot sniping only game us that I think you can't go wrong with a Hawke scope for paintball. Much better than NcStars that I have or TruGlows or Tiberius (which is probably a NcStart OEM).


So, that's how my Hawke's work. And, how you set them up. I'd really suggest looking for a Hawke XB1.

[ruraldawgs]

I have an XB-1 mounted on my TA T9.1.

I am waiting to get a few games under its belt before I offer an opinion.
Range testing results are spot on at 20, 40 yards. I have yet to mark off up to 100.
Hoping to do that this weekend.