Bittereinder
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- Location
- Ontario (GTA)
Corlanes currently has the FX-1 4x28 rimfire.
I have one of those and a Freedom rimfire 2-7. Both are excellent.
Rimfire optics
- Thread starter spurly
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Corlanes currently has the FX-1 4x28 rimfire.
I have one of those and a Freedom rimfire 2-7. Both are excellent.
- Location
- Western Manitoba
Just to clarify and avoid surprises or disappointments - the older VX-1 rimfire scope was 2-7x28 and the newer VX Freedom rimfire is 2-7x33. Also, if I read the Leupold advertising correctly, I believe the VX Freedom series has the lens coatings that are / were used on the VX-3 series and the guts / internals as were used on the VX-2 series. Over about past two years, we have changed 3 centre fire rifles to the VX Freedom 3-9x40, one got that VX-Freedom 2-7x33 Rimfire and one got that FX-1 4x28 Rimfire. No complaints at all!!
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I have 3 nice rimfire scope ( low mag ).
VX-Freedom 2-7x with rimfire MOA reticle : very nice scope for the money, my only complain would be the non-resetable turrets.
VX-II 3-9X33 AO EFR : Mine is the older version with the friction type turrets. Ok I hate those turrets but the optical quality is really hard to beat for a .22, some will say its the holy grail of the rimfire scope ( in this magnification range ).
VX-II 6X33 AO scope : Really good scope, less expensive than the 3-9X33. Turrets have clicks but are *coin operated* like the 3-9X33.
Those are all nice but they don't have enough magnification for target shooting. They aim nicely on squirrels tho...
VX-Freedom 2-7x with rimfire MOA reticle : very nice scope for the money, my only complain would be the non-resetable turrets.
VX-II 3-9X33 AO EFR : Mine is the older version with the friction type turrets. Ok I hate those turrets but the optical quality is really hard to beat for a .22, some will say its the holy grail of the rimfire scope ( in this magnification range ).
VX-II 6X33 AO scope : Really good scope, less expensive than the 3-9X33. Turrets have clicks but are *coin operated* like the 3-9X33.
Those are all nice but they don't have enough magnification for target shooting. They aim nicely on squirrels tho...
- Location
- Western Manitoba
I think the OP answered that about Post #11??
- Location
- Western Manitoba
Until I got the 2-7 VX Freedom, I would have thought the VX-1 2-7 about THE perfect scope for a decent hunting / plinking .22. Only difference with the VX Freedom has that 5 mm larger front glass - which also makes it bigger diameter - so, your VX-1 is about same size as 4 power - possibly best of all worlds. Depends what you want it for, I guess?? I believe both are set by Leupold to be parallax error free about 60 yards - so with any kind of shooting position discipline, is almost an issue to be ignored.
Is a thing with the VX-2 that I have with AO - I thought it was a big deal - but really, I seldom actually use it - is set about 50 or 60 yards and I just use the 22 Magnum like that. Makes for a convenient excuse for a 100 or 125 yard miss, but I truly know that I missed, not the rig ... I notice a LOT more parallax sighting error at 10 yards, then at 150 yards - if it exists out there, I do not see it when I try to. With the FX-4x, I went extreme right until about a quarter of the scope view was black - then extreme left about the same - cross hairs moved perhaps 1 1/2" at about 30 feet (10 yards)
Is a thing with the VX-2 that I have with AO - I thought it was a big deal - but really, I seldom actually use it - is set about 50 or 60 yards and I just use the 22 Magnum like that. Makes for a convenient excuse for a 100 or 125 yard miss, but I truly know that I missed, not the rig ... I notice a LOT more parallax sighting error at 10 yards, then at 150 yards - if it exists out there, I do not see it when I try to. With the FX-4x, I went extreme right until about a quarter of the scope view was black - then extreme left about the same - cross hairs moved perhaps 1 1/2" at about 30 feet (10 yards)
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My all around rim fire scope needs to have a fairly wide range of power and a wider range of focus .I have not shopped for a rim fire scope for a few years now .But when I got my last go to do everything rimfire I planed to use it for silhouette ,gophers and the harder one to take care of , close range indoor shooting. Our indoor range is only 17Yards. Gophers and silhouette pretty much overlap and are easy but to find a scope with the power range I was looking for and a close range focus gets a bit harder. I ended up going with Sightron and have been happy with that. I got mine from Hirsh Precision, they carry a pretty good selection. And they are a sponsor.
The eyepiece looks big.
One thing I like about Leupold's is the *small* eyepiece.
I can put the scope as low as I want without worrying that the bolt handle/knob will hit the eyepiece.
- Location
- Western Manitoba
I had generally thought so, but I got "caught" - I installed Medium height Warne rings onto a BRNO #1 - nice clearance at front to the barrel for a Leupold VX Freedom 2-7x33 rimfire scope - but bolt handle would hit the eye piece - had to go with "High" height rings to clearance the bolt handle - I did not want to bend it to fit. Using a very old Craftsman vernier calliper, I get 1.570" outside diameter for that eye piece - Leupold website calls out 1.56" dimension - so likely my measuring error is showing. For an older Leupold VX-1 2-7x28 rimfire, I get 1.365" diameter - so about 0.205" different outside diameter. Likely would have made the difference.
For anyone interested, I got the same 1.365" on a Leupold FX-4x rimfire scope and 1.398" on the knurling on the eye piece of the VX-2 3-9x33 EFR rimfire scope.
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I know nothing about these, but from what I have read, I figured why not. My policy is to not spend more on a scope than the rifle. Not expensive, but not cheap; and with an unconditional, transferable, lifetime warranty; why not.
Well, it arrived yesterday; and while it was originally destined for my Brno No. 2, it now sits on my Zastava M70. I had an older 6 X 26 Tasco Varmint/Target on it, and it was long. In order to clear the sights with the front bell, I had to use tall mounts. With this scope being shorter, I was able to use a pair of weaver all steel low mounts and already the improvement is clear. Once the eye relief was set, the bolt not only clears the scope, but the trow leaver and the lense covers as well. Very clear, and the reticle is going to be very useable and uncluttered.
I may well need to buy another for the Brno.
If the magnification, size (and current price) all suit, it would be hard to better any of the Leupold 3-9X33 EFR's in rim fire applications. I own several and have never had issues of any kind with them.
Having said that, I've also had one of these - Made in Japan for The Optic Zone in the US. They used to come with a choice of reticles and finishes but since Covid, I think Jon is experiencing supply issues. My opinion only but there is little between this and the Leupold for rim fire use (Re-sale value might be a different story!). The old Weaver RV9's were also good quality optics made in Japan but they are getting hard to find second hand these days too.
https://shop.theopticzone.com/rifle-scopes/clearidge-scopes/clearidge-rm-riflescopes.html
Are these Clear ridge scope available in Canada, or how would one go about importing one?
Mate, I'm in Australia but I've bought half a dozen Clearidge scopes from Jon at The Optic Zone in Michigan. A couple of those Leupold EFR's also came from his shop. Not sure what restrictions are in place between the US and Canada but Jon exports all over the world.
https://theopticzone.com/
https://theopticzone.com/
