I don’t see much about them anymore. I’m needing something for the girls( 4 and 6) with more field of view. I have a tikka rimfire with a fixed 10 that has been perfect for me but they struggle finding the milk jugs and balloons with it. I have a spare 6x in the drawer that would be better but I’m wondering if the 1-4 would be better. This is by no means along range situation so ffp or sfp doesn’t mean much. The goal is finding milk jugs at 25 to 65 yards and adjusting the rifle so the center of the scope is on the center of the jug. Thanks in advance.
I have a couple and they've held up fine and work as expected. Permanently set on 4x. I'd expect your 6x to work about as well, since it has a wide FOV - but admittedly can't be rolled back to a very low power to make it massive like the 1-4x can. Weight is about a wash. There was a $300 used 1-4x on 24HRCF classifieds yesterday.
I love them for the weight.
One weird quirk on mine is that the diopter like to be set for a specific zoom range- set it on 1x and it won't be happy on 4x.
I actually like the reticle better than the 1-6 as the donut is just weird from the 2-5x range.
You should be happy with it.
One weird quirk on mine is that the diopter like to be set for a specific zoom range- set it on 1x and it won't be happy on 4x.
I actually like the reticle better than the 1-6 as the donut is just weird from the 2-5x range.
You should be happy with it.
The swfa 1x4 would make a nice scope for a trapline and it will focus up real close.