What is this scope called?

[abrink]

I heard about a rimfire scope that calculates your trajectory for the various rimfire calibers. Anyone know what it's called? I think it's a nikon but I'm not sure. You just click number of yards you're at and you're good to go.

This scope will be going on my 10/22 for small game hunting. If you have any suggestions I'd appreciate it!

 

[glockgod]

At one time Bushnell made something like that-the current rage is the model by Shephard.On the web at Shephardscopes.com Better be sitting down-they're pricey!

 

[Hoxviii]

http://www.shepherdscopes.com/product.asp about half way down. But $700 for a .22 scope? Ouch.

Not to not answer your question or anything, but if it's going to be on a 10-22, just sight the rifle in at 50 yards. You'll have a point blank range on a squirrel to about 75, and a high hold will take one to 100.

 

[Clint C]

BSA makes the scopes, sweet 22, sweet 17 for .22lr or .22 mag and .17hmr,

 

[gvnwst]

I agree with Clint C, BSA's "Sweet" scopes sounds like it.

 

[M'bogo]

Check out Pride Fowler scopes. They offer two models that are for use with the .22LR.

http://www.rapidreticle.com/22lr6x40.htm and http://www.rapidreticle.com/22lr3-9x32.htm

I have shot a Remington 541 with the 6x40 Pride Fowler scope and it worked exactly as advertised. The optics were clear and it looked like a quality product.

M'bogo

 

[Nhsport]

Cabelas has 3 (?) different models of different power that have the feature you describe.
You get several different knobs (standard velocity,high velocity ect) with the hopes that you can match the trajectory of your ammo.
The trick is trajectory will vary with 1) Different ammo . 2) different barrel length . 3) scope mount heigth above the bore.

What you wind up with is a gun that is zeroed at a particular distance
and hopefully you can find a turret from those that are provided that will somewhat match the gun,ammo,scope mounting situation that you are useing.
If you change out the ammo you are back to testing turrets and re-zeroing again.
I guess there is some use for this system but in the end it is a gimick that takes quite a bit of messing about to get it set and zeroed

 

[Schleprok62]

Didn't Nikon just recently come out with something in this sort of concept? At a reasonable price point? (as Nikons go) I remember reading something about it...

 

[Jonty]

Bushnell I believe made a scope that could hold 4 zeros. It was designed to be used with the sako quad system of rifle

 

[madcratebuilder]

Bullet Drop Compensation (BDC) It's basically just custom BDC dials for your scope. Each load would be a different dial. Almost all the major manufacturers offer some form of BDC.

 

[gotime242]

Nikon's have BDC (bullet drop compensator) now that you must still find out where your bullet is going. The new prostaffs have them and around 150 - 160 bucks or so. But like i said, you must do some testing to determine where your bullet is hitting, plus it might not work as well as they are meant for larger calibers.

 

[rangerruck]

shepperd, Pride/Fowler are going to be your tops for this, You can also order one, for most of your better scopes. Burris , for instance, will do a bdc reticle for your glass, for 22 ammo. I would, uh, stay away, from the BSA line of scopes, even though they will be cheapest, and allready bdc compensated.
Trust me...

 

[JonB]

Nothing wrong with a BSA on a 22LR. I have the Sweet 22 mounted on my Marlin 60 and it works like a champ.

 

[abrink]

Not to not answer your question or anything, but if it's going to be on a 10-22, just sight the rifle in at 50 yards. You'll have a point blank range on a squirrel to about 75, and a high hold will take one to 100.

That's probably what i'll land up doing. So what regular scopes do y'all recommend?

 

[Strongbad]

Are you sure you're not thinking of the Burris Fullfield II "Quad" which is made for the Sako Quad rifle which has interchangeable barrels? It's got 4 dials that you can set individually for each rimfire chambering.

 

[abrink]

Is the Nikon Prostaff 3-9x40 Riflescope a good choice? It's fairly cheap, well I could afford it at least.

 

[JohnKSa]

Sako sold a combo caliber rimfire rifle with several barrels & magazines. IIRC it came with a scope that had some pretty ingenious method for dealing with multiple zeros. I don't recall if it had trajectory compensation as well.

 

[gotime242]

Yes, the prostaff is a good scope.

 

[rangerruck]

anything japanese is going to be very good; nikon , pentax, etc.

 

[abrink]

Should I even bother with the BDC redicule? Seems pretty useless.

 

[WNTFW]

The trick in the first place is to estimate the range.

On a .22 0-100yds is not too bad. 100-150yds more bullet drop starts showing. Between 150-200yds ammo inconsistency kills your drops. So it depends on your ammo.

If most of your shots are near the same range probably not a big deal. I am also assuming closer ranges. Also would you be able to dial in/out elevation on your type of hunting anyway?

I'm sure you would make whatever you had work & have fun.
Later,
WNTFW

 

[easyrider604]

Should I even bother with the BDC redicule? Seems pretty useless.

Yup, practically useless on a 22 LR rifle/scope. Within the effective range of 22LR ammo, say 75-100 yards maximum, just zero the scope at 75 yds. POI should be within 1 inch of POA from 20 to 90 yds with high velocity ammo.

Unless we are talking really expensive high-end scopes that feature repeatable adjustment knobs, it is better to have a simple, single power, designed for 22 LR rifle, scope with non adjustable objective. The trick (and the challenge and fun) is knowing how to estimate range and how much to "hold" over or under the target. Beats fiddling with bullet drop compensators/adjustable objective lenses/adjustable power rings. Like somebody said, it's the software, not the hardware that matters.