Well, after posting a thread a few months ago asking for scope recommendations, I finally found a nice Leupold VariX II 1-4x20 (duplex) on the EE and scooped it up. I like the gloss on this rifle, it adds to the look I think. I ordered the Warne rings (medium height) and everything went together with no clearance issues at all thanks to the recommendations and help I received on here. The rifle was purchased new and had about 600 rounds through it when I installed the scope.
This rifle will be used as a small game hunting rifle (grouse and hare) and will be used anywhere from 10-50 yards but probably closer to 10-30 which is why I went with a low power scope. I just sighted it in at the range and decided to see how it held up at 50 yards for the heck of it. 4x is not a lot of magnification and it made it a lot of fun. All are 5 shot groups except top left (#1) which is 10.
I was fairly pleased with the groups I ended up with though I know there is room for improvement as I seem to have had a case of the yips on a few of those groups. I did manage to get a nice 5 shot group on the Gamo target, it was much easier to keep a consistent on the small white inner circle compared to the 10m air rifle target black blobs (aim small hit small, right?). I wish I had more of those Gamo targets in my range bag but I made the mistake of using 2 of my 3 on initial sight in. Next time I go Im going to try again with some fluorescent 1/2" dots or something. I don't have anything to properly measure actual group size accurately, but I added the measuring tape to give some scale.
Anyway, Im really pleased with the scope and how it performed. I think this is going to be a great small game setup as well as a fun rifle for occasional plinking with CCI quiets in the country. I may just go back soon and try it again with some different targets, it was a lot of fun.
Thanks for looking,
Dan
This rifle will be used as a small game hunting rifle (grouse and hare) and will be used anywhere from 10-50 yards but probably closer to 10-30 which is why I went with a low power scope. I just sighted it in at the range and decided to see how it held up at 50 yards for the heck of it. 4x is not a lot of magnification and it made it a lot of fun. All are 5 shot groups except top left (#1) which is 10.
I was fairly pleased with the groups I ended up with though I know there is room for improvement as I seem to have had a case of the yips on a few of those groups. I did manage to get a nice 5 shot group on the Gamo target, it was much easier to keep a consistent on the small white inner circle compared to the 10m air rifle target black blobs (aim small hit small, right?). I wish I had more of those Gamo targets in my range bag but I made the mistake of using 2 of my 3 on initial sight in. Next time I go Im going to try again with some fluorescent 1/2" dots or something. I don't have anything to properly measure actual group size accurately, but I added the measuring tape to give some scale.
Anyway, Im really pleased with the scope and how it performed. I think this is going to be a great small game setup as well as a fun rifle for occasional plinking with CCI quiets in the country. I may just go back soon and try it again with some different targets, it was a lot of fun.
Thanks for looking,
Dan
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