I wanna scope my 10/22...what scope to buy?

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I find in the EE, Bushnell 3200s in excellent condition are a great deal. Is a Bushnell 3200 3x9 overkill for a 10/22 for 50-100 yard bench shooting? Which magnification should I go with? I don't know whether to post this in rimfire or optics :confused::D
 
A 3x9 will work fine, had one on my 10/22 for a number of years and was very happy. Only reason I switched the scope is because my dad's Marlin need he scope more than the 10/22 did, it has a 6x Tasco now
 
For bench shooting go with more than a 3-9 in power. I like at least 24 power but I would say 15-18 bear minimum for benchshooting. There is a lot of paralex issues shooting a scope like that without the AO at 50 yards. A good scope with AO will fix that. I have many 3200's and 4200's on my .22's and they are deffinatley not over kill.

Seems most benchshooters now a days are using a minium of 36 power and a lot are bumping their scopes up to 45.
 
What models go that high up in power? And the shooting would be 25, 50 and 100 yards...is that much power that important? I mean if it was a huge improvement I'd invest but i'm not looking to be that competitive
 
You can either get a low power scope.... for hunting, or a higher magnification one, to find out exactly what the rifle/ammo can do. I recommend in the second case that you get a scope with adjustable parallax .
Brand (clarity, resolution, light transmission and all the other goodies) matter mostly in dusk/dawn conditions and at longer distances......can be traded for the AO feature as you will never be likely using all those on a rimfire.
 
Yes AO is adjustable objective. It is usually on the end of the scope and you adjust it for the various distances you are shooting at to get a clear image and to adjust out paralex. You will notice on some of the centerfire scoes, teh 3-9 for example that when you are on target and you move your head a tiny bit back and fourth sideways you will see that the crosshairs move. This is basically paralex.

May not sound that bad but at 25 yards or a distance like that with a 3-9 scope without AO you can get a LOT of paralex. Enough for the shot to be way off.

Another nice thing about the AO is instead of having to use only 5 or 6 power at that range (25 yards) because it gets blurry after that you can use any power. This means that with the 3200 and 4200 scopes you can use 24 power or whatever power at 10m.

I have the bushnell banner 6-18x50 on several guns and my only complaint is the 50mm bell with the AO makes finding rings for it to fit the gun quite hard. Other than that I am quite pleased.

The bushnell 3200 5-15 would be another choice. Maybe not quite as much power as I would like but I have this scope on my 10/22 and it works fine.

Basically every scope above 10 power has AO BTW.
 
Leapers is chinese, and they usually produce #### products. Stick with a brand name you've heard of and one with a reputation and a warranty.

To clarify an earlier post. The Objective lens is the one closest to the target. The Ocular lens is the one your eye sits behind.

TDC
 
I've been burnt once by a Chinese scope. It's a Mk4 knock off and for the money it's pretty good, but after looking through something like a Leupold or even a Nikon, it's hard not to want something better.
 
I bought a weaver 2-7x28mm rimfire. very impressed with this svope for thr $200ish price tag. very clear. 2x is great when you want to do some walking bunny/chicken huinting. 7x is PLENTY for 150yrd gophers (if your rimfire shoots strait enough)


it also has a nice clean "hunter" look to it. helps avoid the UBER GHEY that is a "Tactical" rimfire.
 
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