Hawke scope with blue reticle?

[Tangle Eye]

I bought a used Gen 1 Micro 335 last week. The owner thought he had a Hawke XB30. Turns out it appears to be an XB1 SR. Not a huge deal to me since I have that scope on another bow and am familiar with it. The strange thing is this older scope has a blue and red reticle instead of green and red. Any idea when Hawke made this change? Just curious.

[deadeer]

I got one also. Its 4-5yrs old already. XB30

[Tangle Eye]

So I thought this was an XB1 SR after I looked at it. It’s a 1.5 to 5 power. The reticle is almost like my newish XB1 SR but I need to look again as I see on the Hawke website the XB1 SR reticle is very similar to the XB30 Pro. So is it possible this IS an XB30 and not an XB1 SR as I thought? It doesn’t make that much difference really I just wonder what it really is. The only way I know to tell is by the reticle (which may be different now than 4-5 years ago) and the power settings. The only thing I see now with 1.5 to 5 is the XB1 SR.

[Mashstalker]

Mine has a blue feature also, it's an xb30 compact. It has 5 brightness levels of red and blue

[Tangle Eye]

Mine has a blue feature also, it's an xb30 compact. It has 5 brightness levels of red and blue

What’s the magnification levels? Mine is 1.5 to 5. The current XB30 Compact is 1.5 to 6. I may have mistaken this for an XB1 SR when its really something else.

[L. E. Carroll]

Better yet... if the main tube is 30 mm in Dia. it's more likely some type of early XB30 ( standard 1" rings will not fit ).... If it has a 1'' diamater ? that pretty much implies its a XB1 .... #1 equals 1" dia the "30" designation denotes it has a 30 mm diameter. ( IMO, XB30's usually have superior optics when compared side by side to the XB1's as the price's of each reflect )

Gene

[Tangle Eye]

Better yet... if the main tube is 30 mm in Dia. it's more likely some type of early XB30 ( standard 1" rings will not fit ).... If it has a 1'' diamater ? that pretty much implies its a XB1 .... #1 equals 1" dia the "30" designation denotes it has a 30 mm diameter. ( IMO, XB30's usually have superior optics when compared side by side to the XB1's as the price's of each reflect )

Gene

You’re right Gene. That fact went right by me. When I get home I’ll measure and see. If it’s a 1 inch tube then it’s an XB1. Thanks!

[Mashstalker]

Its 1.5-5 I think.