Magnification for .22LR rifle?

what are you doing with it shooting grouse or shooting 100yrds from a bench. makes a big difference. i use a 2x7 luep on my 10 22 and a 6x24 signtron on my cz varmint. two totaly different rifles and uses.
 
chappy said:
what are you doing with it shooting grouse or shooting 100yrds from a bench. makes a big difference. i use a 2x7 luep on my 10 22 and a 6x24 signtron on my cz varmint. two totaly different rifles and uses.
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I have a CZ 455 FS and hunt grouse occasionally but for the most part remove pigeons/gophers at long range from my farmer buddy's property.
 
maybe a 4x12/ 4x16 with ao or a 2x7/ 3x9 rimfire scope. if your out and about with the rifle i wouldn't want a huge scope.
 
On my 10/22 I use a Bushnell 3-9x32 with AO and BDC for range day.
For cans and critters I use a Simmons 7791D 1.5-5x20.
 
sightron 10-50x60, weaver T36 and leupold competition 45x all depends on what the bullet is intesnded for lol
 
My 455 fs wears a Weaver v24. A 4-12x will do good in the field. Mostly I run around 9-12 when out for gophers. Have one 3-9, the others are all more x. The Bushy 4-16x40 Elite on the Lux is getting to be my favorite. The Vortex Diamondback 4-12 on the 452 fs is also great.
 
I use fixed 4x on most of my .22lr hunting rigs. I don't usually take a shot at anything over 60 yards...
22mag wears a 2-7x32 Elite, and I limit my shots to 120 yards...
17hmr has a 3-9x32A/O on it, and I'm confident out to 150 yards with it...
 
I had a Weaver 2-7x33 rim fire scope on my Sako Fin-Fire and could lob them out to minute of gopher to about 100yrds.
My CZ's have had the same , but in Leupolds.What ever floats your boat and your wallet.

Tight Groups,
Rob
 
3x9 nikon prostaff BDC on my 1022 ,8-32 mueller target scope on my savage tr. Cz455 varmint is wearing a sightron sii big sky 6-24x42, Cz452 varmint is currently naked wishing for a sightron siii 8-32
 
I had a 3-9 on my .22 mag, but the power was almost always left at 6x. A couple of my .22 l.r. rifles wear old Redfield 4x rimfire scopes, because that was the most common magnification back in the day.
 
cdncowboy said:
I have a CZ 455 FS and hunt grouse occasionally but for the most part remove pigeons/gophers at long range from my farmer buddy's property.
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Small targets at long ranges are easier to consistently see and hit with higher magnifications. That said, it really depends on what you consider to be long range for your application. For me, blasting gophers out at the farm, 25m and under, I typically shoot with irons; 25 to 50m, 2-7x or 3-9x does the trick nicely; and beyond 50 I'd recommend 12x minimum. So that said, something like a 4-12 power scope is a nice affordable do-all for shooting small critters. If you want to get really precise with tiny groups on paper at longer ranges, then maybe look at one of the whiz-bang 20x or higher scopes with big objectives. But for shooting pests they really are an unnecessary expense and extra unneeded weight, in my humble opinion.

As for objective size, for blasting critters in broad daylight, no need to go any larger than 40mm. My go-to gopher scope is actually only a 33 mm objective (Leupold VX-2 3-9x33 rimfire EFR) and it has never been not bright enough or not powerful enough for me at reasonable ranges.
 
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