What I'd Like To "See".

[CB900F]

Fella's;

I'd like the optics industry to pay a little more attention to the .22 rimfire hunter, and his need for glass. If you get serious about .22 hunting, particularly for varmints, it's entirely possible to take shots at or exceeding 100 yards. It's also possible that the next shot's gonna be at 20 yards. That means A/O is a must. Given the wide ranges, it would seem to me that a magnification range starting at 2.5X & perhaps topping out at 16X wouldn't be out of the question either. Now, I'm not saying that the scope should be a 2.5-16X, I'm saying that a 2.5-10X, a 3-9X, a 4-12X, or a 4-16X, are all valid entries for the sales niche as long as A/O is on the scope.

Given the number of good, solid-shooting .22's in stainless out there, it'd also be nice to see more silver scopes that match the finish. Plenty of Marlins out there in stainless. More than a couple of Ruger 10/22's too. Seems I recall that Savage will provide a stainless .22 also. I'm sure there's other's as well.

Personally, I'd like to see more true mil-dot reticles available. As far as I'm concerned, you can't beat it for accurately adapting to rapidly changing conditions that preclude the use of turret adjustments. BDC's are fine, but don't have the capability to allow for rapid changes in wind. Or do all your varmints never, ever, run cross wind?

So, just go try to find a 4-12X, silver mil-dot scope with A/O at any price, let alone what the .22 hunter is willing to pay. Let's put a real world cap of $250.00 on it. Given that our hunter wants decent glass too, that kinda makes the price range bottom out at $100.00 give or take a coupla bucks.

Good luck on this scavenger hunt, the industry isn't cooperating.

900F

 

[asknight]

I hear your requests, and dare to raise you one notch. Why are there no scopes with fine reticles? I mean fine enough to not cover an entire .22" hole at 25 yards?

I think the entire optics industry is believing that folks looking for 2.5x up to 4x scopes are wanting them for shotguns only. The reticles are thick enough to cover an entire squirrel head at 25-50 yards. Ridiculous!

I'm still keeping my old, foggy Browning 2 3/4X scope in my sock drawer as it has the ideal rimfire reticle. Super-fine standard crosshairs and 50yd parallax setting. I wish I could locate a reputable company that could dissassemble, clean, reassemble, purge, and send it back to me.

Anyone know who manufactured these old scopes for Browning?

 

[CB900F]

Asknight;

First place I'd try is: www.premierereticles.com. They may not be able to refurbish your Browning scope, but what they can do is put that fine reticle on a Leupold scope. They also offer other reticles that just may work even better for your application. I seem to recall that there's one that has an open circle of a given size that's supported by crosshairs. In other words, the crosshairs don't pass through the open dot. You should be able to specify the size of the circle. You may be able to get a 1/8th dot in the center of the circle too.

So, get a Leupold 4X rimfire & tell Premiere that you want the circle to enclose a 1" (or 3/4", whatever you want) area at 50 yards & the parallex set to 50 yards.

900F

 

[rcmodel]

A very good place to look for what you want is with airgun scopes.
They are built tough to handle air rifle recoil and will work perfectly on a .22.

I put one of these on a Beeman R7 and am very impressed with the quality for less then $100 bucks.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=air+rifle+scope&noImage=0

Moving up the scale, Leupold makes two great ones.
http://www.leupold.com/hunting-and-...r-rifle-scopes/vx-ii-3-9x33mm-ultralight-efr/

http://www.leupold.com/hunting-and-...r-rifle-scopes/vx-iii-6-5-20x40mm-efr-target/



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