scope on a 22 necessary?

[Claymore1500]

I have 7 rifles in .22lr and a win,9422m .22mag. of the 8 total, 2 have scopes, a marlin bolt (can't remember the model off hand) and a remington 513t, all of the 8 are capable of knocking down empty 12 ga. shells at 50yds. The two with scopes are capable of knocking down empty .22lr cases at the same distance.

NOTE: the iron sighted ones could probably do .22lr cases too, I'm just not that good.

 

[Sav .250]

Different strokes for different folks. I like a peep-sight.

 

[Geckgo]

Bought a cheap scope for mine, seemed to work well enough, but I've gotten bored with it and ordered tech-sights.. Love 'em.

 

[Ole Coot]

Mid sixties just about demand a scope for hunting. I have a fixed 6X on one. The others I still use iron sights. I need reading glasses only but age does funny things. Guess that's why at SD distances I practice point shooting for over 50yrs and it helped back when I had great sight.

 

[Deltaboy1984]

I'd rather start a new shooter on a low powered scope. I've seen a few have problems with irons and lose interest in shooting. Placing the crosshairs on target is a lot easier than lining up irons. Once the initial basic of trigger pull and cheek weld are found, I like to then move to irons. I like to eliminate as many variables for a new shooter as possible. As such, skipping irons on the initial days holds value to me. Not to say I don't think everyone who shoots should be proficient with iron sights. I just find them to be a tossed in a little down the road.

As for use in the field, I'll take a good red dot or 1-4x scope over most irons. Not that it can't be done with irons, just that it's easier with either a red dot or a scope set to 1x.

Same here I started my daughter with a scope first then moved to iron sights.