Vortex Sparc on my 10/22 carbine... Almost as expensive as the rifle was, but once you go north of your mid 30s (I'm not going to say how far north of that I am), open sights just aren't much fun. No magnification, but I can still hit the fuzzy little turds out to 50yds and a bit past that. The lack of magnification is actually a plus, as far as I'm concerned. I really only use it for the high volume spring shooting, so both eyes open shooting is a definite plus.
In the late spring when they start getting a bit smarter and I need to reach past 50 yards, I'm either using my old CIL/Anschutz 125 bolt with a 3x Japanese scope with (both date from sometime in the 60s - older than me), which takes me to the 75yard mark. More likely, I'll grab my CZ 452 Lux, which is easily minute of gopher in real world shooting out to 100 yards and a bit more. On that I have a Leupold VX-1, 2-7x. I agree with Drillbit that the fine crosshair is nice - clean aim point with no visual clutter. Learned hold-over the old fashioned way, to old to bother with learning "mil-dots" now.
The Leupold VX-1 scopes are really good for the money, mid $200s or so. The advantage over cheaper scopes is that the glass stays nice and clear, no milkiness, in a much wider range of light conditions. The Nikons, and Vortex scopes will have the same quality of glass.
Cheap glass... What you lose is clarity (some will look "grainy" -especially under certain light conditions), or they glare out easier when the sun is low on the horizon, or get a really milky look to them if the light isn't just perfect. You won't notice it in the store, but you will in the field.
In the late spring when they start getting a bit smarter and I need to reach past 50 yards, I'm either using my old CIL/Anschutz 125 bolt with a 3x Japanese scope with (both date from sometime in the 60s - older than me), which takes me to the 75yard mark. More likely, I'll grab my CZ 452 Lux, which is easily minute of gopher in real world shooting out to 100 yards and a bit more. On that I have a Leupold VX-1, 2-7x. I agree with Drillbit that the fine crosshair is nice - clean aim point with no visual clutter. Learned hold-over the old fashioned way, to old to bother with learning "mil-dots" now.
The Leupold VX-1 scopes are really good for the money, mid $200s or so. The advantage over cheaper scopes is that the glass stays nice and clear, no milkiness, in a much wider range of light conditions. The Nikons, and Vortex scopes will have the same quality of glass.
Cheap glass... What you lose is clarity (some will look "grainy" -especially under certain light conditions), or they glare out easier when the sun is low on the horizon, or get a really milky look to them if the light isn't just perfect. You won't notice it in the store, but you will in the field.
