Buckmark Rifle - needs optics

[Paatz]

So...what would you put on a buckmark rifle?
I bought that one 3screwsloose was selling on the EE.
What a pretty gun!

I have no experience at all with any red dots or holographic sights.
I'll be using it at an indoor range, up to 25M punching paper.

 

[metalbender]

Congrats on the purchase, great gun but wear glasses for sure. My Sporter wears a Weaver 3-9x32 AO Classic. Seems to be the right size. Red dots aren't optimum for target work. I also do a lot of gopher shooting with mine

 

[Paatz]

Thanks for the input metalbender.
Against your suggestion I went to Cabela's and got a Barksa red dot.
It was cheap enough that if it doesn't work out I can get something else.
But after looking through a bunch of different things I decided I like the wide field of view. and thought I'd give that a go.

 

[metalbender]

Depends on the reticle in the Barska. If it has a circle or fine crosshair, you might be ok, otherwise the dot covers your aiming point. I use a Leupold Deltapoint with a 3 moa dot on my 22/45 and find that it's workable with the rather large bull on a pistol target. For precision target shooting a fine crosshair is preferred. A range report on how you make out asap please.

 

[Paatz]

This one has four different reticules. Crosshair, little circle, pretty cool actually.
Checked the bushnell trs25 and it only had the single dot. And a green dot too. About $100 or so.