Thread: Scope Recommendations for low power zoom?

Originally Posted by Daniel L

Hows the optical quality on the Strike Eagle vs regular scopes? Online reviews suggest sharp at 1x but as you zoom up the quality gets soft and edge to edge is not great. By that point I might as well just get a regular scope. The Hawke 2-7x32 that's currently sitting on my crossbow looks markedly sharper and brighter than the Strike Eagle online reviews.

I actually found it pretty good, on 1x it was like having a red dot sight, I don't remember it being super clear like a Leica or Zeiss but it wasn't blurry at all either. It was easy to shoot very accurately with it which for me is the main consideration.
I actually have the Leupold Vx3i similar to what Mohawk has suggested to you. It is better to look through but not by much and not enough to make a difference inside 200m.

The Vortex is inside your price range, if you want something with better optics it will most likely be 2nd hand and/or cost more money.