Good deal on a scope?

[Cabadam]

Not immediately in stock, but I am also not in a hurry. 150-30 mail in. This seems like a great deal. Scope is 250+ elsewhere. Am I missing something?

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Interesting, I actually grabbed this earlier today for 121 from Amazon. Amazons price has jumped 30 since earlier today.

 

[Majorlk]

Personally, it's overkill for a 15-22. Unless you are going to be shooting well over 100 yards, 3-9x32 or 40 is more than adequate. 6x is way too much for the lowest power.

 

[migs1974]

I agree with Majorik.

 

[Cabadam]

Yeah I was thinking it might kind of be overkill. But now I have a 1-4x primary arms scope, this is basically the same weight (although longer). Its probably my crappy eyes, but I have having trouble being able to see shots effectively at 50 yards. I havent even tried 100. So assuming I need something a bit more at 50, I was concerned about 9x being enough at 100. Given that, this seemed priced well below equivalent scopes I had been looking around at.

 

[Cabadam]

To clarify, by see shots I mean able to see the holes after the shot. I typically have to fire enough rounds to get a cluster going before I can pick out where they are.

 

[Majorlk]

To clarify, by see shots I mean able to see the holes after the shot. I typically have to fire enough rounds to get a cluster going before I can pick out where they are.

To see holes in the target at more than 50 yards, you use a 20x (or greater) spotting scope.

I am willing to bet that you will replace the 6-18 within a few thousand rounds. Unless you are shooting from arrest, it's next to impossible to keep 18x on target. I have similar scopes on two other .22s, but they are both match guns that are almost always shot from the bench ... And seldom at 18x or greater.

 

[Cabadam]

To see holes in the target at more than 50 yards, you use a spotting scope.

I am willing to bet that you will replace the 6-18 within a few thousand rounds. Unless you are shooting from arrest, it's next to impossible to keep 18x on target. I have similar scopes on two other .22s, but they are both match guns that are almost always shot from the bench ... And seldom at 18x or greater.

It's funny you mention the spotting scope. The range I typically go to has them - but they are barely more powerful than the 4x on my scope. They are actually labelled as 20x... but there is no way. I compared to someone's 16x earlier today and the 16x was radically more zoomed than their spotting scopes.

(Unfortunately) all of my use of this rifle so far (got it right before Christmas) has been firing from bench rest at the range. That is all the range allows, and I am not aware of another range in my area that would allow anything else. I've been looking for someone with some open land where I could be a little more free with it, but no luck yet.

Longer term, I am hoping to get this scope on a semi-decent QD mount and also have a red dot sight that I could swap to for other uses. Heck, I am not immediately planning to sell the 1-4x, so maybe I'll tack a QD mount on it too, and be ready for whatever situation

 

[photoracer]

Seeing and hitting are not the same thing. With my 3-gun AR, which has a Burris 1-4x24 MTAC I can easily hit 8 of 10 in the 10 ring at 300 yards braced on a barrier at 4x. I can't see the holes at that distance but I know where they are going. I'm betting I can do nearly as good at the 600y BDC dot on the reticle, except I have not needed to shoot that far. And yes to see the holes at least 15x on a spotting scope.

 

[Hobie1]

PR, I was curious about your shooting the distances you have with a .22LR.
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I said "highly unlikely". Then before I posted, I re-read your post. Whoops!
It does not hurt to re-check myself and save myself from looking bad....again.
Yes, a good spotting scope is handy. Have a great one, everyone!

Hobie

 

[SpicyTunaRoll]

see my thread: http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-...kon-p-22-7x32mm-ar-rifle-scope-bdc-150-a.html