I recently bought one, used, on the EE for my gopher shooting gun. I wanted something simple, ie fixed parallex setting, and easy to look through. I think it will be great for that purpose. I went to Nikon's website and played around with the various bullet types and magnification settings for the reticle, and it looks like with 36gr ammo, and a 50 yard zero, the 75, 100, 125 and 150 yard hold overs should be pretty close at 7X magnification. It certainly has a nice wide window of eye relief, ie, it doesn't wink on you when you don't get your eye the perfect distance from the ocular. Something I am a bit tired of with my Mueller 4-14x AO scope. The Mueller is awesome for target shooting, but for game at various distance, like 10 feet to 100 yards variation, fiddling with the AO is a drag.
Nikon PROSTAFF Rimfire II Riflescope - Thoughts / Opinions
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Just double checked, I was looking at the wrong box. Still a good price on the EFR and AO, iirc I paid $220-250 for mine a couple years back. Great little scope, was using it this spring out hunting rabbits and it did well.
Ok. Whatever. Already got a scope on to my 22.
I asked, when I was buying. Cabelas in Stabbotsford, fwiw. Went in, intent on burning a gift card, and needing a scope, as mine had cacked itself a while earlier.
Limited to choosing from what was available and in stock. I swear, harder to get clear of a Cabelas gift card than even a Wholesale Sports one was. At least there used to be a WSS in Kamloops, and I actually went there regular like.
Love my pro staff rim fire. I have it on a 10/22 with a HB and it is very very accurate at 50 yards. I shoot at a toonie size steel target
And it never misses. Mind you that is bench shooting with a bi-pod. I think Nikon is one of the best quality scopes Compared to others in that same price range.
And it never misses. Mind you that is bench shooting with a bi-pod. I think Nikon is one of the best quality scopes Compared to others in that same price range.
I have one on my Anchutz at the present time. It's a good scope and more than adequate to my 50 and 100 metre target shooting skills right now, me having a hard time making it to the range for quality practice time this year. One thing I will complain about are the crude longer range ring-ovals on the aperture, but you learn to adapt and at least they don't obscure the target even as much as a thin cross hair would.
