Falcon X50 10-50x60 Revisited - Quickfire Review

[@ThinkingMan482]

I would like to know if the X50 is reliable on springers? I assume so as you're a springer shooter, but I shoot an Hw97 at 15 fpe and have had problems with other brands of scopes. Would love to hear your opinion on this.

[@Professor-Jack]

Evening John as usual spot on the scope Fx 50 is miles better over the sterling scope, nice black with the white markings on the x50 as of the gold and green that’s no good in the sun light on the sterling Glad to see you are well all the very best for 2021 happy new year. And thanks again for your help with the mighty IOR TERMINATOR I love it I’m having a wheel made for the elevation turret I got lost with running 4 distances from 55 to 80 100 110 yards also using the ballistic stop the work been done especially made to my personal requirements is and will definitely improve to zero in supper fast to each distance I beating 4 tour snipers and ex SAS at target shooting there sitting grumbling away why wood you spend 2500 on a scope. I sad why wood you spend 2000 on a gun and put a 150 quid scope on ? Take it easy fella

[@Patrick-857]

I work with two PRS shooters, and I'm into airgun field target myself. The PRS guys tell me that military snipers tend to suck at target disciplines and routinely get their asses handed to them by civilians. They tend to come in with big egos thinking they're all that, and then proceed to lose apparently. I would say shooting isn't the main focus of military training, these guys can do stuff under extreme pressure that civilians can't handle, but the civilian target shooters live life between trigger pulls. These are guys with an obsession, who arrange their lives around their sport. Different disciplines. Different specialties. The PRS guys laugh at me flinging tiny lead pellets at steel bunnies out to 55 yards, but they wouldn't be laughing if they tried it and discovered how difficult it is, especially when the wind gets up, and you're crouching on muddy ground trying to keep a ridiculously heavy rifle rig steady on a target that's bigger than your 50x scope can fit in view, while trying to figure out how much to hold over for wind, knowing a gust could carry your pellet off by up to 4 or 5 mildots. If they were easy, they wouldn't be sports. All shooting disciplines are difficult.

[@MassiveLib]

When will these be available again?

[@simoncunningham3740]

Everyone talks about these being a target scope, any thoughts on using one as a long range hunting scope?

[@Patrick-857]

I don't see why not. Reticle may be a little fine for low light and it has no illumination, but it will work. It's also around 800 grams, so it's quite large and heavy. Depends what you're doing. If you want to sit in one spot and go after varmints then it would be pretty awesome. But I just don't see hunters going to really high mag scopes. Consider that the PRS shooters I know tend to use 4-16 FFP scopes out to 1.5km so if you're hunting larger game, I'm pretty sure the downsides outweigh the advantages. This type of scope is used mostly by two groups: F class shooters, which is a benchrest discipline with absolutely extreme accuracy requirements, so they are using the magnification to see their bullet holes at long distances, and airgun field target shooters, who only shoot out to 55 yards, but need 50x magnification so they can use the side focus for range finding. At 50x, your heartbeat can throw you off target if you don't have practice, finding the target is very very difficult without zooming out first, and the image is quite dark. Also 50x scopes are extremely eyebox critical. You you need an adjustable cheek riser at minimum to really keep your eye in the scope. The exit pupil is ridiculously small at that magnification. It's a fairly specialized scope. I would hunt rabbits with my FT rig quite happily, bunnies don't care that it's a target rifle and scope, and it's designed to hold rock solid from a seated position, no bipods ect allowed, so I'll be deadly accurate. But it really depends what you're doing. I recommend looking through one.