reflex sight for gofers

[Jerrett]

Has anybody installed a relfex scope for shooting gofers? I currently use a scope, but frequently lose sight of the rodent as I aim. I thought they might be a good setup.

 

[Calum]

I don't shoot gophers with my .22s (we have none on van island), but I use a simple tasco red dot for grounded golf balls out to 50 yards, and it works great for quick, both eyes open shooting.

There is some wash-out of the red dot while facing the sun, but with sun at my back, all is good.

 

[slicknick]

I've had one on my 10/22 for over a year now and I like it. I find I can tag golf balls out to 50yards w/o problem with and it's gotten some gophers too

 

[arty-bum]

I think its a neat concept but I have found lately that with taller grass and still alot of dead grass I needed alot of magnification to determine if it was indeed a gopher. Some of the buggers lay low out of their hole and you need alot of magnification just to see if they are there. If the fields I went to had very short green grass the red dot would be king but not in my situation.

 

[Greenhorse six]

I think its a neat concept but I have found lately that with taller grass and still alot of dead grass I needed alot of magnification to determine if it was indeed a gopher. Some of the buggers lay low out of their hole and you need alot of magnification just to see if they are there. If the fields I went to had very short green grass the red dot would be king but not in my situation.

A lot of times its just head shots,you need at least a 4X in the grass.After they've been shot at a few time the rest of them figuer something up and only peek out of thier holes.

 

[TDC]

A reddot optic works wonders on gophers. Despite the long grass one can make clean shots and head shots to reasonable distances(50-75 yards). magnification isn't always required to make difficult shots. Increased mag increases your perceived shakes when aiming. My Tasco 2.5-10 rarely gets moved beyond 3x. Identification can be difficult with the reddot as it is a non magnified optic. In most cases if it looks like a gopher, it gets shot. Usually turns out to be a cow pie.

TDC