Hawke scope rings???

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Dave881

Dave881

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Hi everyone,
I am in need of some help with scope mounts and wanted to know if any of you have used the hawke precision steel scope mounts? I have just got a new rifle and it has weaver bases fitted and I need some rings on a budget for now and these look reasonably good to me and are not expensive. Any info about them would be great or any recommendations for budget rings would also be appreciated. I know there are much better rings on the market but they are also more expensive and maybe in the future I will get a more expensive set but for now I am on a budget. The rifle is in 308 so the rings will need to tolerate a bit of recoil. Any help would be great, thanks guys.
 
Would suggest Hawke are for air rifles and rimfires.

Have a look at Teir one or I think now know as Third Eye for well priced quality centre fire mounts.
 
I can give you a first hand appraisal as I've just bought and mounted a scope with a set of them.

I was looking for a set of middle of the road rings to mount a Sightron scope to a Remington 700 on weaver bases. I generally use
Leupold QRW rings as I think they are decent quality for reasonable money, however whilst browsing the RFD showed me the Hawk all steel rings.

Being half the price and feeling and looking like decent quality rings I took a punt on them. The scope was mounted with little hassle and sighted in trouble free.

I suppose it depends on your set-up, caliber and expected recoil. I have no reason to suspect they won't stand the test of time and appear to be nicely machined and study. Would I buy again, absolutely.

Ps I'm using them on a .222
 
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Thanks guys for the quick replies. I wouldn't think recoil will be massive, it's a sauer 202 in 308 and it is moderated, the scope I am putting on is a s&b 2.5-10x56. I would in the future look at getting tier 1 or a set of apel but currently only have a budget of about £50.
What cal is your Remington cadex?
Thanks
 
A lovely rifle and a first rate scope. It seems a real mistake (to me) to join the two together with a cheap set of rings.
Unless you are in a massive hurry, I would wait and see what comes up in the Classifieds on this site: you should be able to pick up something that will be appropriate for the rest of your set-up.
 
I am hoping that it will be a good set up, I would like to get it tested and a load developed fairly quickly as I am considering putting the s&b on my 243 and selling it as a kit to fund a z6i and hopefully a new mod. I haven't made my up about this move yet but knowing what the new gun is like will hopefully help me decide, I don't really want to sell one but at the same time do I need two?
 
To be blunt, it would be a crime to use junk mounts in such a lovely rifle/scope combo. Better wait and save up for something decent. Fine on a .222, I'm sure, but a .308 will expose their weaknesses pretty quickly.

Kind regards,

Carl
 
I understand and agree with you Carl, I am in need of cheap mounts that will be strong enough to hold zero properly while work up a load and save for good quality mounts and decide whether to sell my 243 setup and buy a Swarovski. What would you guys recommend for long term mounts?
Thanks Dave
 
I personally would value the opinion of Cadex higher than the rest in this situation as he has actually tried and tested the mounts in question rather than basing their opinion on the brand and price bracket. Simple mounts to hold a scope on a stalking rifle do not need to be as precise as quick release mounts or those for mounting a scope to shoot 1000yards. Even saying that Mark Ripley (aka 260Rips) shot an orange at half a mile and he uses Sportsmatch mounts. If you can afford £200 mounts then happy days, buy them, appreciate them, tell everyone how good they are but they won't get you any more deer than the £50 ones you're planning on getting.
 
Thanks for sharing flatliner, glad they went on ok for you. I think I will get a set of these and give them a go. What lense diameter and ring height combo is anyone using? I am guessing it will be high for a 56 objective.
 
A little judicial drop or two of loctite on both the ends of any visibly interlocking threads AND at the junction between the bases and the scope rail cut outs along the receiver can work wonders in keeping everything locked down and NOT moving. In the final analysis stable repeatability is the name of the game to repeatable accuracy with clamp on mounts assuming reasonably decent ones to start with. I have two sets of Sports Natch keeping heavy glass on my longrange bunny and fox bashers using the above additional little gluing tweaks and like NOTHING has ever even wriggled a few thou' as far as repeatable zeroing is concerned on those two rifles.

I also have drilled and tapped mounts with a target rifle in 6.5x55 SE and on my heavy barreled .223 Remington 700 fox rifle and I do the same to those too with the loctite. This is maybe slight overkill given I have quality mounts on those two, but what the hey eh, I just want everything to be held together like it was cut from the same block of steel and I DON'T then worry about zero wander etc.

B.t.w. I suggest the loctite SPECIFICALLY produced for locking up screws that at some point or another may actually need to come apart, the type that NEVER really "goes off" to set like rock but remains like an old, dry bogey.. Hahahahahaaaaa!.. Watch out for that as using the industrial type of loctite that DOES "go off" and set up will give you white hair and a really bad temper if even accidentally used.. Believe me (bad experience many years ago!.. ).
 
flatliner said:
Dave, I've just finished mounting a new scope on to my cz .222 with a set of these.................

https://uk.hawkeoptics.com/precision-steel-ring-mounts-30mm-2-piece-weaver-high-lever.html

Quality seems to be spot on, and I've had no issues fitting them. I was moving from a 1" tubed scope to a 30mm tubed scope, hence the change. Prior to this I used Sportmatch mounts, and had no issues with accuracy with them either.
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Gotta say these do LOOK like quality and appear well finished, but the singular beauty of on/off mounts is that they can be dismounted from the rifle for ease of storage and/or transportation (having previously zeroed your rifle), and then once set back on the rifle receiver and clamped down SHOULD provide you with near exact and repeatably accurate zero with very little - if any - zero shift with the ammo used prior to the takedown.

I am not totally convinced that quick release mounts of this price bracket will do that for you. I am happy to be proven wrong, but I think not, and having to AGAIN spend time, effort and money on yet more zeroing rounds could be a bit of a fag i.m.h.o. before each shooting session if takedown has been used as an option....

ATB.... and safe shooting.
 
Hi guys,
Thanks for all the replies, I am not looking at the quick release version, if I go down that road I will look at getting apel swing offs. Has anyone used the hawks rings on a larger calibre?
Thanks Dave
 
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