Ruger g.s. Scout rifle.
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chicharrones
needs more ammo
For now, I am using a 4 year old Simmons ProHunter 4x32 pistol scope. It was mounted on another rifle in a scout type mount, but the eye relief on that rifle's mount didn't work like I wanted. The eye relief works very well on my Ruger GSR. When you shoulder the rifle, the reticle just pops right in front of you.
Now, if I hadn't already owned the Simmons I'd look into a true Scout scope with shorter eye relief than a pistol scope. I could move the scope back a couple inches if I had a Scout scope.
The rings on it are Burris Zee rings (medium height).
I INTENSELY dislike the forward-mounted "Scout"-type scope. That Picatinny rail was removed about forty seconds after I opened the box.
After fifty years of using receiver-mounted scopes, I find they are lightning-fast at lower magnifications, and are LESS restrictive on my field-of-view. Try any decent sight with a lower-end of 1.5X or thereabouts, and WITH PRACTICE, it's like looking out your picture window.
Also, the forward-mounted sight badly affects the balance and handling of the rifle.... and it's painfully ugly, as well.
On my GSR, because of advancing age and diminishing visual abilities, I went to a new Redfield/Leupold3-9X mounted in the Ruger rings on the receiver. Ten years ago, with better eyesight, it probably would have been a 1.5-4.5X of some decent make.
The new Redfield works well, and at 3X it is quite capable at close range.
After fifty years of using receiver-mounted scopes, I find they are lightning-fast at lower magnifications, and are LESS restrictive on my field-of-view. Try any decent sight with a lower-end of 1.5X or thereabouts, and WITH PRACTICE, it's like looking out your picture window.
Also, the forward-mounted sight badly affects the balance and handling of the rifle.... and it's painfully ugly, as well.
On my GSR, because of advancing age and diminishing visual abilities, I went to a new Redfield/Leupold3-9X mounted in the Ruger rings on the receiver. Ten years ago, with better eyesight, it probably would have been a 1.5-4.5X of some decent make.
The new Redfield works well, and at 3X it is quite capable at close range.
Leatherwood Hi-Lux ATR Long Eye Relief Scout Rifle Scope 2-7x 32mm 2-Plex Reticle Matte
I first had the Leupold 2.5x on it, but my ailing eyes need the higher power of the 2-7x.
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