I currently own 4 telescopic sights, for different disciplines. A scope for plinking, a scope for Field Target shooting, a spare scope for Field Target shooting and a Red-Dot sight for my pistol.
Tasco Custom Shop 8-40x56 Sidewheel P/A.
This telescopic sight, uses a sidewheel for parallax adjustment. This enables the scope to rangefind quite accurately. The powerfull 8-40x magnification, brings even distant air-rifle targets (at 50-65m) into an acceptable focus. While the large objective lens at 56mm allows enough light into the scope to make the image bright at full magnification. This scope has a customized 5",130mm brass sidewheel for easier rangefinding. It is also fitted with a 4",100mm sunshade. This scope is mainly used for FT and longer range plinking.
Tasco 8-32x44.
This was the first field target orientated rifle scope I owned. It has a "christmas-tree" reticule, enabling the shooter to aim off, instead of dialling in the bullet drop using the turrets. It is clear and bright, rangefinding as accurately as the Custom Shop scope above.
Simmons Deerfield Gold 3-9x50 Illumin8.
This Sight is a good value Simmons air-rifle scope. It has a magnification of 3-9x. Mainly used for plinking, this scope has an objective lens of 50mm, coupled with a relatively low magnification, this allows the shooter to get those extra 20 minutes of shooting in at dawn and dusk. A good quality acope that I would happily recommend to anyone. Mine arrived from the supplier with the zero set to 100yds however, so did need reparallaxing to air-rifle ranges.
Tasco Red-Dot sight.
This is a simple red-dot sight, enabling the shooter to quickly and accurately acquire a target. I am very comfortable using this kind of optic and would advise anyone interested to try one for themselves.
Beamshot 1000s Laser.
This is a good quality laser, that is suitable for air-rifle and air pistol use. It would be overkill for an air pistol however, because cheaper alternatives are available that work just as well at closer ranges. The 1000s has a red dot, that is visible through a telescopic sight at ranges upto 55m in daylight, but at these ranges the dot has grown significantly to around 1",25mm. The cheaper alternatives when used at these ranges are quite dim, due to the dot being greater in size, in fact upto 4",100mm. The laser has a forestock switch, that is operated with the forestock hand. The methods I use with my laser are either to zero the scope into 30-40m and the laser at 15-25m, or zero the laser to 40m and the scope to 20m. These methods allow multiple zeroes to be used for relatively accurate guestimates to be made for the pellet drop between rifle and target.
Bipod.
The bipod is a very handy piece of kit. I wouldn`t be without it on my Stealth, both for cosmetic effect and accuracy. It is made from aircraft grade aluminium and extends from 10-18", 260-460mm. It is invaluable for prone shots, bringing a whole new world of accuracy to the Stealth. Highly recommended for any plinker or hunter, due to the fact that it brings easily acheivable steadiness before the shot and during the follow through.
CB625 mkII Chronograph.
Another very handy piece of kit. The CB625 allows any shooter to check the energy output of the rifle in ft lbs, or the energy of the pellet in ft/sec. This is the only way to ensure PLOD doesn`t keep your rifle if they take it away for inspection. It operates by the user calibrating it to the weight of the pellet to be tested. The user takes the shot, then the CB625 tells you how fast the pellet was travelling through the sensors and with how much energy it had propelling it. Simply find the pellets that work most efficiently, while still keeping a tight group. The CB625 warns you if the power level of your gun is more than that needed to be included on a FireArms Certificate or FAC. When the CB625 warns you it is an FAC rifle, it is most important that you take your rifle into your supplier and have its power turned down, as the penalties are severe to say the least.