less $$$ scope and bypod.

Pretty much the cheapest bipods that you will find are Caldwell and Blackhawk, and they each run about $40.

For a scope, are you wanting magnified or unmagnified?

Search "UTG Bipod" on amazon and take your pick. They start at $24. I put one on my .308 and have been very satisfied. As for the scope partially depends on what all you want to (or want her to) be able to do with it. There are red dot (non-magnified), fixed magnification, and 'zoom' or variable magnification. For good value and low price I'd check out Centerpoint's. They have a wide variety of types and styles. Some you can get / look at in a local Walmart. Good luck.

Mounting on top of a carry handle is going to make for a bad cheek weld and could disappoint a young shooter with the lack of accuracy. Try the irons for awhile. She's young and should have the best chance at hitting stuff to begin with.

Very valid point about the cheek weld and also that carries over to sight above the bore hight as well. As for the red dot I just saw a video of someone making hits at 750yards with a .300 blackout using a red dot so 100yards and .22 should be ok as long as you aren't trying for pin point accuracy. How do you like the gun, function, mags? I was thinking about one of those Mossy's myself.

dab102999 said:

I am thinking she is young so her eye's should be better then mine so low power as far as the scope. I have thought a bout a red dot type. is it pretty easy to get out to 100 yards with that?. I did notice that with the rail put on top of the carry handle that the irons can still be used so I was just thinking something a little more on top of that for me when I am helping her out.

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Carry handle? Do you have the AR styled Mossberg or the traditional styled rifle?

If the traditional style rifle, a red dot on low mounts works great for .22LR distances. On my 14 year old daughter's rifle, we have a Simmons branded multi-reticle tube type red dot, which is a generic copy of the higher quality Ultra Dots.

It works fine out to 50 or 75 yards, but it is really dependent on the gun and the shooter. Being unmagnified you can hit at 100, but you will not get tight groups like a 4x or higher scope can. There is a bit of parallax error at all ranges which requires a consistent cheek weld to make the cheap red dots work well.

In my daughter's case, she isn't a good enough shooter yet to even try 100 yards at this point in time.

He has an AR copy.

allaroundhunter said:

He has an AR copy.

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Gotcha!

Then I'd avoid a scope unless you can remove that carry handle, or build up a cheek riser.

Shoot, iron sights can do just fine indeed!

I bought a UTG bipod for a .22lr but they keep suprising me with their quality/price. I have used it on my AR-15 and would not hesitate to use it on my M&P 10. It is very sturdy and reminds me of the Harris bipods of old.

Mike