..."panoramic" reddot Natchez has on offer for $75...



...and, since the sight comes only with built-in Weaver style mounts, I thought it'd be cool to set it up on a breakbarrel on CdT Barrel-Mount-Dovetails.

So I ordered a Gamo Shadow and had it dropped-shipped to Charlie for a SuperTune and (of course) a GTX trigger.

Now, admittedly, I'm probably a little biased. But wow.

All up weight: (with optics) is 6lb, 10oz.
MV: still settling in with tight Apex seal but already low-900fps and near 15fpe with CPLs.
Sweet and twangless firing cycle.
1lb, 8oz creepless trigger.

Pictures later.

Steve

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and have it on my Cutlas. Probably the version you've prdered will work as well, for lots less money...
I used mine on a rimfire rifle for a coupla silhouette shoots.....then stuck it on the cutlas. The main problem I've found with the Hakko is this: No markings on either elevation or windage for reference, (till I added them). They are allen head screws, so you must count turns and listen(very) carefully for the clicks..That said, optics are sharp clear to the corners, and the 4 different reticle patterns are sharp at lower intensities, distorting only at brightest settings.

The sight is Chinese, not Japanese manufacture and looks to be of dubious quality.

The reticles do distort geometrically (e.g., the ring reticle becomes an un-round loopy oval) if you allow them to approach the edge of the field of view. But the worst is I can't see how it can possible hold a stable zero, given how the optics simply sit out in the open suspended by the E&W adjustments from the mount. It seems that the slightest bump will disturb the zero.

But it looks so cool on the Shadow that I want desperately for it to work.

I should know by end of day.

Steve

If I could convince my wife it worked that way, or opposite of that . Actually, I have a pretty understanding wife. It's the reality of bills to pay that get in the way.

David Enoch

Steve

.....Steve - I thought you didn't smoke?......Can't figure out why you hang those little ashtrays from airline seats on your guns.......? - HV

...some sort of a pellet store/magazine on their airguns! I got tired of picking pocket lint off pellets - not to mention the frustration of ending up with the wrong pellet for the wrong gun!

Steve