10/22 Optics Question

I ended up going with a Nikon 3.5-14x40 Mil-Dot awhile back. I really like it.

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...dification-thread-hopefully-with-pics.296791/

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Sell your Bass Pro card and get this scope.

Of the choices listed I’d get the Leupold in a heartbeat.

If you're going to shoot 25-100 yards you need something with either multiple aiming points or dials to twist for longer ranges. There is simply too much drop between those ranges to use hold over. I've used both. Zeroed at 50 yards the next aiming point is going to get you VERY close at 100. With some experimenting you'll find you may need to hold an inch or so high or low at 100.

I picked up a used Leupold VX2 with dials a few years ago simply because it was a steal on price. I mounted it on a 10/22 LVT for a long time and recently moved it to my CZ 452. I REALLY like it. I used the trial and error method go figure out where to set the dials at various ranges out to 200 yards. Getting it dialed in at 100 didn't take long, but at 200 required a lot of experimenting and twisting.

Once dialed in I have notes recorded on where to set it for various ranges, and even with different ammo. The scope is set for CCI Mini Mags with a 50 yard zero. When shooting slower target loads they hit considerably lower at even 50, but I can simply twist the dial and have it on for different ammo. I haven't done the work to get the target loads figured out past 50 yards yet. And may not, I'm getting 1" 100 yard groups and 2 1/4 groups at 200 with the CCI's.

Mine is a 3-9X40, but if you don't plan to shoot past 100 yards a 2-7X, or even a 1-4X is enough. I don't recommend the dot sights. A conventional scope on 1X or 2X is just as fast for quick shots and even 3X isn't bad.

This is at 200 when still in the "trial and error stage". Group size is fine, but I've since gotten the scope zeroed perfectly

I have the Leupold rimfire on my 10/22. It's nice. I kind of wish I had saved $50 and bought the Weaver rimfire though. I think the low end Leupold scopes are overpriced.

I've got Bushnell TRS-25s on two of my 10/22s, no regrets. Light, compact, about entry level ($60) for a good red dot -- buy two and still have change left for ammo and extra mags.



If you don't need a riser block, Arms Unlimited sells a handy QD lever mount for the TRS-25: https://www.armsunlimited.com/QD-Lever-Mount-Conversion-Kit-Bushnell-TRS25-p/lmc-btrs.htm

The Leupold should work nicely for the ranges you mention. I like the Weaver branded rimfire scopes in both the 2-7x and 3-9x. Sighted in at 25 or 50 yds, you're in pretty good shape for ranges to 100 yds.

In the past, I skipped Leupold rimfire scopes because of the thickness of the cross hairs. I don't like a real real fine cross hair for rimfires. At long distances, they are great, but rimfires to me are 100 yd guns at most.

You not comparing apples to apples?

Do you want a scope with magnification or just a fixed "dot"

I would go with a scope like the Leupold I also like Vortex stuff. But whatever is in your budget they all are good enough,

This is mine ... it’s a Nikon 3.5-14x40 Mil-Dot.








Pay attention to what JMR40 was talking about in regards to multiple aiming points, drop and zero’s at shooting the .22LR at 100 yards and beyond.

Those groups were at 100 yards, pennies were too. I’d glue those up for fun. That was after quite a few rds down range, a ballistics calculator, a multitude of different, a ruler and some math.

I’ve tried my hand at 200 yards, but my targets don’t look quite that good.

For that type of shooting I’m in the moar magnification is better camp and I feel like a 2-7 doesn’t enable me to see tiny .22 holes at that distance very well, but it can be done with a spotting scope well enough.

I’d choose something else entirely.

If you are hunting squirrels or sage rats... my 2-7 power scope was faster on target then its "upgrade" to a 4-15 (?) .

Just sayin'

Of the options the OP listed I said I’d get the Leupold Freedom, but it’s not what I’d get for myself. I’d get another Clearidge Ultra RM 3-9x32 AO. They are made by LOW in Japan. I’ve heard from several sources that the Ultra RM and Weaver Classic Rimfire 3-9x32 AO are one and the same. I’ve had mine for seven years and really like it.