New scope on the Ripley AR5s

Some of you will think I am daft for doing this but today I have swapped the £800 Swarovski Habicht 8x50 scope off the Ripley and changed it to now be wearing a £50 Richter Optik 3-9x50AOE scope!

The new scope (not my picture)

The reasoning behind this madness is there though - I wanted a mil-dot scope on the rifle.

The Swarovski had a much clearer picture even without parallax adjustability and it never seemed to need it either to be honest. But, having said all of that, the new scope does the trick nicely. I zeroed it in earlier at 50 yards and I only need to aim half a dot below for 30 yards which is perfect for me as quite a few of my shots are at less than 50 yards.

The Richter Optik scope has an adjustable objective lens for parallax, an illuminated reticule and a 3-9 variable zoom which is all I personally need. 

Next on the cards is a new scope cam mount seeing as the one I am using will only fit on my Logun Solo and was home made by me out of Polymorph. It just isn't cutting the mustard when it comes to shooting with it on and I can't do any hunting with it until I can shoot accurately with it on.

Before anyone asks... The Swarovski hasn't gone to waste, it is now sitting on the .22lr

Happy hunting everyone!