Mil-Dot scope on a .22LR?

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Is a mil dot scope necessary or even benefical on a 22LR which won't be shot any farther than 50-100 yards?

The scope I am looking at has the Bushnell multiX reticle...

What kind of reticles are good for 22s? This would be a CZ so I want something that can keep up with the excellent accuracy of the rifle...

Thanks!
 
I like the mildots for quick hold-overs, because if you are sighted in at 50, the POI is a bit different at 100.

The other reason I like the mildot reticle is that it's a fairly fine reticle, that doesn't cover much of the target. If you want to shoot tiny groups you have to aim in exactly the same place every time.
 
Personally, I have a mil-dot scope on both my bolt action rimfires. A bushnell trophy 3-9 and the other is the 3200 10x. My rifle range is 150 meters. I can set up my target spinners at that distance and practice holding into the wind and using the mil dots for hold over. Fantastic practice for long range centerfire work. The average 22lr round drops somewhere between 4 and 5 inches at 100 yards when zeroed for 50 and between 12 - 14 at 150m with the same zero. To hit the 3"x3" spinner is a great challenge. I'll often pull out the dueling tree and have a friendly competition as to who can clean their side first. The mil dots provide a very fast and reliable target acquisition. They are meant to be used as a guide to hit your target...not necessarily serious accuracy work.
 
I have a reticle like this in my PO scope on my Toz-78, except mine also has the ranging line for a prone target. The holdover chevrons work great too and although the ranging grid is fast and easy to use, I don't shoot .22 at minimum of 200m so it would be better suited on a rifle. Great scope though for the money.
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I'm running a Leupold Mark4 Knockoff (3.5 x 10 x 40mm) on my CZ 452 Varmint and it's purely for shzts and giggles. I zeroed the crosshairs for 50m and then at 100m I'm using about a mildot and a half up.

Purely for shzts and giggles. I like the ability to focus at 25 m (hunting in close earth pigs that just happen to show up at the wrong time) and then at 100m for more unenlightened earth pigs. yuk yuk,

Barney
 
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This has to be one of my favorite scope reticules, I would love one for my .22's, and see nothing wrong with using them. :)
 
Another nice option is the Bushnell 3200 4-12X AO with their Ballistic Plex reticle. I'm running this on my CZ 452 and like it a lot. With Burris Deluxe rings, the scope is sits barely high enough off the barrel to get the scope covers on. A nice combination
 
The Burris ballistic plex works really well. I can reliably hit gongs at 200 yards with mine. Nice only having to use the new crosshair marker. Fast and fun.
 
I wish I could try one of the Hawke scopes with their Specialized Reticles. You can see the reticle down near the bottom of this page.

http://www.airgunsonly.com/hawke/hawke.htm

I played around with their ballistics program that's designed to help you learn and use the reticle a little easier, and quickly found some good settings for .22LR metallic silhouette shooting distances. I'd be able to hit all four distances with this thing just by using the different aimpoints the reticle provides. All I'd have to adjust is the AO, would be pretty slick. Although I suppose for the amount of money you'd pay for one of those scopes you could also get any of a handful of other scopes from other manufacturers with nice repeatable adjustments, and just adjust elevation for each target distance. I guess the reticle method would take the necessity for repeatable adjustments out of the equation, though. By the same token, a quality scope with quality adjustments could probably be relied upon all the time anyway. Six of one...
 
That is the old soviet design and it is an exellent reticle. One of the cleverest things is you can tell really quick how far a person is because the reticle has a system where you put a 5 foot 10 inch guy in the scope and it shows how far away he is. Not exactly usefull for 22 target shooting but cool. They also have a really good FOV and decent optics for the price. About 100$ US last time I checked. I could not find any canadian stores mailorder or otherwise that carried them.
 
Rimfire said:
Mauser,

What kind of scope do you have pictured above? Where would a fella get one, cuz it's freakin cool!

More info would be appreciated

Thanks!
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It is a PO 6x40 with illuminated 1000m Dragunov range finding reticle. It is a great scope and has a magnesium alloy tube so it's light. The glass is amazing for the price, blows the doors off similar priced asian optics. I paid $130 US for it from Kalinka. Although its only on a .22 I love it, and the holdover marks work great. I would give you more info but the manual it came with is all in Russian, which I don't speak

Here are some pics
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I tried to get a pic of the illuminated reticle but this is the best I could do, most of the ranging scale is cut off and you can't see the additional ranging line for prone figures.
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I use mil-dot scopes regularly on my 22's. They are all variables and range from max power 9 to 24. I don't have to worry about repeatable settings on my scopes. I simply sight in at 100 yds and use the first dot down for 75 yds and the 2nd down for 100 yds. 25 yds is very close to the 50 yd setting. You can also use them for windage adjustments at different distances. The higher power scopes are not necessary for shooting but they do allow you to see where you are hitting.
 
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