Hakko - ZOS - Sightron Triple Scope shoot-out!
By Vince Bottomley
The objective lens is 50mm and the ocular 34mm and both lenses have the usual blue/green anti-flare coating. The reticle is a fine crosshair-dot – suitable for accurate target work, though the dot could be smaller. I prefer a one-eighth MOA dot but the ZOS looks more like quarter MOA. However, the fine, intersecting crosshairs stop just short of the dot and when I was using a 6mm bullet-hole as my aim-point, I used the tip of this line rather than the dot for a really fine aim-point. The crosshairs were very sharp and using this method I could easily shoot tiny groups with my 6PPC benchgun I was using for the test.
The side-focus and zoom-ring are quite stiff to move but the operation is smooth and the turrets have a very positive eighth MOA ‘click’ adjustment. The large ‘lump’ which houses the turrets and side-focus looks a little ugly but, overall, the first impression is of a good, solidly-built scope.
Unfortunately, build-quality is one thing we can’t easily test – without damaging the goods – so that will be the one area where we must always take a chance and make the assumption that cost and the reputation of the manufacturer, will signify an appropriate build- quality. However, even if the ZOS is not built to the
The Hakko’s lettering is a little too bold for my taste.
some shooters prefer eighth – the choice is yours. The white lettering is a little – shall we say ‘gaudy’ for my taste but it is clear and that’s the main thing. It’s the largest of the three scopes at 18.5 inches in length and the heaviest at 31.5 ounces. The 56mm objective lens and 34mm ocular both have green/blue anti-flare coatings.
All controls are incredibly stiff – especially the side- focus and the turrets move with positive quarter MOA clicks. The reticle is super-fine, allowing very precise aiming and is again focussed by rotating the rubber-protected eyepiece. The reticle also has very tiny ‘stadia’ markings on three of the four ‘legs’ of the crosshair, which I almost didn’t notice at first but
Here’s the Hakko mounted on my 6PPC BAT benchrest rifle used in the test.
standards of the Sightron and Hakko, I can tell you that Brian Fox has had very few returned out of the hundreds he has sold over the last five years or so. He operates his own ‘guarantee’ and usually gives you a new one if you have a problem – unless you’ve obviously abused it!
You get all the ‘goodies’ with the Sightron though to be fair, the Hakko includes a sun/rain shade and all three have lens covers.
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The Hakko 8-34 Tactical Putting the ZOS aside, let’s have a look at the Hakko. The main difference here? We move from China to Japan for manufacture. Hakko are very experienced scope manufacturers and you are quite likely to see a Hakko bearing the name of another manufacturer and again, the Fox name is emblazoned on the eye-piece. Externally, our Hakko is quite similar to the ZOS, with large target turrets but this time adjusting in quarter MOA clicks. Quarter or eighth MOA? Personally, I’m more than happy with quarter MOA – who can read the wind to better than a quarter MOA? Nonetheless,
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