Rimfire scope questions

It seems very incongruous to put a cheap scope on a rifle as nice as a Cooper. The Leupold EFR 3-9 will do it justice, but you may want a little more magnification for shooting grouse and squirrel heads over 50 yards away because they are actually pretty small targets.
 
grauhanen said:
It seems very incongruous to put a cheap scope on a rifle as nice as a Cooper. The Leupold EFR 3-9 will do it justice, but you may want a little more magnification for shooting grouse and squirrel heads over 50 yards away because they are actually pretty small targets.
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Not saying I disagree with that....so what scope would you suggest???
 
Just me but I dont get people who spend 1+k on their rifles and only $50-$100 on optics.
Even worse if your gun is 2+k
Its like putting used tires on a sports car.
 
Jump in' jiminy! All this talk about adjustable parallax etc. For shooting squirrels, I've never had time to pull off a cap or twist a knob to adjust parallax, fine tune the focus or make sure my junk was in "killing" form when it comes to massacring (SP?) a rodent. Maybe some more time in the saddle with the gear you've got, is in order. Ever heard of "Kentucky windage"?
 
walden said:
Jump in' jiminy! All this talk about adjustable parallax etc. For shooting squirrels, I've never had time to pull off a cap or twist a knob to adjust parallax, fine tune the focus or make sure my junk was in "killing" form when it comes to massacring (SP?) a rodent. Maybe some more time in the saddle with the gear you've got, is in order. Ever heard of "Kentucky windage"?
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You haven't seen windage until you shoot gophers on the prairies."LOL"

R
 
Thanks for all the input everyone. I am looking for the 3-9 Leopold that was mentioned but it seems hard to find.
I know the adjustments seem over kill for a hunting gun but I also want to shoot tight groups when I hit the range.
 
walden said:
Jump in' jiminy! All this talk about adjustable parallax etc. For shooting squirrels, I've never had time to pull off a cap or twist a knob to adjust parallax, fine tune the focus or make sure my junk was in "killing" form when it comes to massacring (SP?) a rodent. Maybe some more time in the saddle with the gear you've got, is in order. Ever heard of "Kentucky windage"?
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No kidding! Apparently, nowadays it is impossible to shoot 50 yard gophers or 25 yards red squirrels with an iron sighted Cooey - contrary to nearly one hundred years experience by us prairie boys, and our fathers and grandfathers... Target shooting off a rest on a range is not practice for hunting style shooting. Twiddling with turrets, power rings and parallax knobs with game within 300 yards or so is just silly. A gophers head is about size of golf ball. Take a handful of golf balls and toss out on ground. Then shoot them - learn windage, learn holdover. When you get so that you can reliably hit a golf ball at 50 yards with iron sights, understand that you have almost same sight picture with a 3 power scope and a post reticle on that golf ball at 150 yards. Estimate for yourself what size vitals on your game of choice and compare to golf ball - technical gizmos and adjusting things (or price tags, for that matter) will not offset the shooters lack of practicing hunting style shooting, and sitting at bench with rifle on sandbags is not "practice" for hunting, in my opinion. Flame suit on....
 
Potashminer said:
No kidding! Apparently, nowadays it is impossible to shoot 50 yard gophers or 25 yards red squirrels with an iron sighted Cooey - contrary to nearly one hundred years experience by us prairie boys, and our fathers and grandfathers... Target shooting off a rest on a range is not practice for hunting style shooting. Twiddling with turrets, power rings and parallax knobs with game within 300 yards or so is just silly. A gophers head is about size of golf ball. Take a handful of golf balls and toss out on ground. Then shoot them - learn windage, learn holdover. When you get so that you can reliably hit a golf ball at 50 yards with iron sights, understand that you have almost same sight picture with a 3 power scope and a post reticle on that golf ball at 150 yards. Estimate for yourself what size vitals on your game of choice and compare to golf ball - technical gizmos and adjusting things (or price tags, for that matter) will not offset the shooters lack of practicing hunting style shooting, and sitting at bench with rifle on sandbags is not "practice" for hunting, in my opinion. Flame suit on....
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I miss "the good all times" too.......and I love shooting with open sights and "am so good at it" that I can hit a soccer ball at 50 yards and sometimes even a clay target lol.

My eyes have never been good and they are not getting any better. I need all the gizmos I can find to see what I am aiming at lol.

Kody
 
Scotchline said:
Thanks for all the input everyone. I am looking for the 3-9 Leopold that was mentioned but it seems hard to find.
I know the adjustments seem over kill for a hunting gun but I also want to shoot tight groups when I hit the range.
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I ordered one yesterday from Brian Densmore in NS. Great guy to deal with. I'm sure he'd be happy to ship one to you, but any Leupold dealer other than Cabelas or Bass Pro should be able to order one for you. You're not likely to find one on a store shelf, they're considered pricey for a rimfire scope. I'm tired of wasting ammo and getting eye strain at the same time.
Minimum focus distance is 10 yds for the VX2 3-9 x 33 EFR, I emailed Leupold and asked the question. I also asked about the VX2 4-12 x 40 AO. Minimum focus distance for that scope is 25 yds.
 
Re: Iron Sights. Its well and good to be able to shoot straight with Irons but beyond 25 yds, the front sight covers your target and 6 inches around it. There is no way to tell if your rifle is really accurate with Irons either. A scope allows you to put rounds in the same hole or almost in the same hole if your rifle is indeed accurate.
 
Is the rifle wood or synthetic stocked? I like a gloss scope on a blued gun and matte on stainless myself. I'd go with a Leupold vari x ii 4-12x40 adjustable objective in gloss, or vxii/vx2 if you can find in gloss.
 
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