What reticle for your rimfire?

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I am looking at a new scope for my 452 Varmint and while shopping around, I found myself wondering about reticle selection. I found myself wondering; is it really necessary to have a mil-dot or LRMOA style reticle on a rimfire? I guess the answer would naturally be to get what one wants; but what about when you don't know what you want.....?

Anyway, I am curious to see what folks have on their rimfires in terms of optics and reticle choices?
 
Had the same dilemma sometime ago while buying a VX2 6-18X40. I ended up getting the Fine Duplex because this scope is mainly for target shooting and I found the LRVD just too busy.
My 2 other rimfire scopes have FDs as well. The last scope I use is a Nikon Prostaff with the BDC150 reticle but I never seem to get motivated to use the BDC while hunting as most of my shooting is done at or under 50m.
 
I have a Sightron with the HHR - Higher, Higher and Regular being the cross hair.
Had it sighted in for 50 yards but when I went to 100 the clarity of the cross hair was required.
Since then I have not been back to check the elevations for the two hash marks below the X Hair.
The HHT is not that busy. A MilDot would be great for someone wanting to check elevations at 50, 100, 200 and 300.
 
horseman2 said:
I have a Sightron with the HHR - Higher, Higher and Regular being the cross hair.
Had it sighted in for 50 yards but when I went to 100 the clarity of the cross hair was required.
Since then I have not been back to check the elevations for the two hash marks below the X Hair.
The HHT is not that busy. A MilDot would be great for someone wanting to check elevations at 50, 100, 200 and 300.
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This is the exact reticle I was looking at (on a SIIB 4-16x42), but I was concerned that the dot in the center of the crosshairs might be too big for my liking... I may just be over thinking it.

"Had it sighted in for 50 yards but when I went to 100 the clarity of the cross hair was required."

I am not certain what you mean here, could you elaborate please?
 
Slug870 said:
This is the exact reticle I was looking at (on a SIIB 4-16x42), but I was concerned that the dot in the center of the crosshairs might be too big for my liking... I may just be over thinking it.

"Had it sighted in for 50 yards but when I went to 100 the clarity of the cross hair was required." The hash marks might best be described as slightly elliptical and are not as clear on the paper as the cross hairs.

I am not certain what you mean here, could you elaborate please?
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The hash marks might best be described as slightly elliptical and are not as clear on the paper as the cross hairs. As K'Looky said, the crosshair is skinnier!
Plus the horizontal cross hair goes all the way across versus the stubby hash. Hope that answers it but you may have to try it first. With a 4 - 16 that would be eliminated more.
 
I use a Vortex 4-12x40 AO BDC on my 455 varmint. While 98% of my shooting is at 50-100 yds, I usually stretch things out for fun to 200 yds at the end of the day. This requires a 26.5 MOA adjustment for 1085 fps ammo. With the BDC, use the bottom mark for POA, giving me 8 MOA and requiring only a 18.5 MOA adjustment on the turret. Works like charm.

I intend trying out silhouette in the near future. I'm hoping the BDC marks will allow me shift between ranges without having to fiddle with the turrets.
 
One that I lime is the 1/2 Mil-Dot reticle on the Hawke Varmint SF series... the new version is much finer than the original... excellent rimfire reticle.

I also have this scope on a .223 and a .22 K-Hornet.
 
my wife's 10/22 has a simmons 22 mag 4x32 duplex. zero'd in at 50 yards. she rarely goes beyond that.
my savage mark ii SSV has a simmons 22 mag 3-9x32. @ 75 yards. I rarely go beyond that. (my 10/22 does not have nor will ever have a scope, neither does my 94-22 as that would look ridiculous)

standard reticle for both. they're cheap and work well for under 100 yards, beyond that better glass is a must.

I'm not serious enough into precision rimfire shooting to get a bdc, takes some of the fun away imo ;)

Nikon has some rimfire options that are worth looking at.

(edit: a gopher hit a tad low or high doesn't really bother me, so long as it's flopping around doing a death dance I'm happy)
 
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