I have a fondness for Nikko Stirling scopes as my first telescopic sight was the firm’s Silver Crown 4x40. Things have come a long way since the simple optic that adorned my beloved Webley Vulcan in 1988, so I jumped at the chance to put the current Diamond FFP model through its paces.
Retailing at £409.99, the 6-24x50 model sent to me by Highland Outdoors costs significantly more than the Nikko I bought with my pocket money in my early teens, but you get what you pay for. It still strikes me as being a scope made primarily for airgun use, although its shock-proofing should be sufficient to stand up to the
