Squirrel hunters w pistol apply here plz!

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LaneP said:
Absolutely a red dot optic. I've had double cataract surgery and as a result I have okay distance vision but up close I need readers, but they only work to a certain distance, making sight picture with traditional irons challenging to impossible. With a dot optic I'm using my distance vision and can clearly see the dot as well as the target. This is my Ruger Mk III Hunter with 3 mil Vortex.

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Barrel size ?
 
CraigC said:
Ruger or Browning, I've owned multiples of both for decades and I've never been able to put one over the other. It's purely personal preference and for a long time, mine was Browning. I can't get along with the standard Ruger grip angle. It wasn't until the MKIII version of the 22/45 that I found a Ruger to live with. I've also been hunting small game with pistols since childhood. A 5.5" barrel is plenty. Longer will just gain a little weight for off hand stability. For me a small game gun needs a scope and a 2x is perfect. I started with this one in 1989.

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This Bullseye model has fired the smallest groups I've ever fired with a handgun.

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My first 22/45 was intended as a holster pistol.

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Then I got into suppressors.

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Very nice and helpful thank you
 
LaneP said:
Absolutely a red dot optic. I've had double cataract surgery and as a result I have okay distance vision but up close I need readers, but they only work to a certain distance, making sight picture with traditional irons challenging to impossible. With a dot optic I'm using my distance vision and can clearly see the dot as well as the target. This is my Ruger Mk III Hunter with 3 mil Vortex.

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Would a 2 MOA red dot be too small?
 
A Ruger MK II , stainless steel , 5" heavy barrel , Millet SP-1 red dot sight and target trigger job by Clark Custom Guns ... Clark Custom mounted a Weaver Rail and the Millet SP-1 red dot sight while they had it .
For an old guy ...me ... the red dot sight and sweet trigger job put these old eyes back to actually hitting targets again ... Got aging eyes ??? Try a red dot sight ...they work like a charm .
Gary
 
Subhematoma said:
Would a 2 MOA red dot be too small?
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I've never used a 2 but I bet it would be fine, particularly for the purposes of hunting small targets requiring precise shot placement. I believe all I could find when I was researching the Venom was either 3 or 6.
 
buck460XVR said:
You worry about an inch or two of barrel length, yet don't care if the optics add weight or make it awkward to carry or draw.
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On the contrary, I am concerned about it all, thank you for pointing out what I forgot the added weight and balance with an optic. I think I assumed it would be difficult to get a salesman to balance a scope/dot for me to an make a adequate judgement and the weight balance was just going to be a learning curve I would have to accept. Any input I should consider when handling the pistol (to keep in my mind), before the purchase…Ie….Know the pistol will want to drop backwards or tilt fwd on the POA. Could you give me a little insight of what to expect beforehand so I can compensate in my mind when handling them? Or is all that negligible?
 
Darn......... This thread is up to 45 posts and still no pistol & squirrel pictures. I'm disappointed that I wasn't able to get one with the Single Six while changing SD cards on trail cams although squirrel season runs until the end of February. Missed a couple but I blamed it on my lack of practice with that gun. Trying to remedy that now and perhaps I can redeem myself with one before the season closes. Other than missing a couple squirrels the only other shots I took were shots of the Ruger on a trail cam. I have dozens of those here on the computer... IMG_3795.JPG .... IMG_3527.JPG .... So there's my squirrel pistol. I want some pix of it with a squirrel !
 
So what I have gotten from the fine members in this community is: Handle different guns, fit the hand comfortably. 5.5, 6, 7 /4 in barrels will not make or break the choices. Scopes seem to be a personal choice..I been reading much on red dots even the smallest of them and I think my lack of use and knowledge is driving me to the traditional and trusty reticle crosshair style. I have 3 manf. Guns I am wanting to try….Rugar Mark4 Browning Buckmark and lastly and in last place will be the SW revolver…just not keen with revolver and scopes not sure I like the combination….

With that all now said (I will post updates on my progression and choice) and without starting a new thread, may I ask for a link or at least specific model name/number to the traditional scope (ie. crosshair style) for a pistol? Seems googling this in itself brought up eye relief needed. Since the scope is further away than a rifle I am puzzled. I am 5’10 in. Just saying this to give reference to my arm length and am thinking I would have a light bend in my trigger hand elbow instead of straight out… Thank you everyone for vast input, I am absorbing it all and filing it to find the perfect mate for my forever and last gun.
 
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