Good inexpensive rifle scope made for .22lr?

[Dseuferling]

Monstrum Tactical 3-9x40 Rifle Scope with Illuminated Range Finder Reticle, out of stock
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Monstrum Tactical 3-9x40 Rifle Scope with Illuminated BDC Reticle
List Price: $79.95
Price: $64.95 & FREE Shipping. Details
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amazon
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works for me, lots more in that price range, you just have to buy one & try it. they will take it back just make sure you have a reason other than you did not like it or you will pay ship & restock.

I have the Monstrum 4x30 S-430 ... All of 5 inches long... I can group 2 inches at 75 yards..... Pretty damn good for a $65 scope with red and green recticle and range finder.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

This really doesn't well fit your criteria, but I happened to run across this today and it's somewhat different with an ACSS .22LR reticle.

https://www.primaryarms.com/Primary_Arms_6X_Scope_with_ACSS_22LR_Reticle_p/pa6x32-22lr.htm

 

[toasted]

This is out of your price range @$119.95 at SWFA, the one place I checked the Nikon 3-9x40 ProStaff Rimfire II Scope:

ProStaff Rimfire II | SWFA

My club has an active IHMSA program and each year the match director purchases a "club gun" for newcomers and us oldtimers to shoot. Each entry fee with it includes ammo and a chance to win it at a drawing.

This go around it is a Ruger Charger and has the aformentioned Nikon Scope on it. All I have spoken to have had favorable comments on it, with most liking the sharpness and brightness.

 

[batmann]

I have a Nikon Prostaff 3x9 Target EFR Rimfire on my M&P 22 MOE and, while more than 80 buckets, it is a great optic. I have tried what you are trying and you will find that you spend more trying for that "perfect, but cheap optic". Buy a quality optic and mount to begin with and concentrate on shooting.

 

[Nlmadog]

I put Nikon Prostaffs on both my 22 rifles. They are more than $ 80.00 but excellent scopes

 

[Macoffman]

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I decided on a Vortex mostly because of the warranty and the quality of my red dot.

 

[photoracer]

I was looking a to the barska 3-9x40 contour rifle scope which got decent reviews on Amazon but nobody around here seems to like barska

Personally I would not depend on any Barska or UTG scopes as they do nothing for a .22 rifle.
The best cheap scope for a .22 is the BSA Sweet 22, the 3-9x40
AO version which can usually be had for under $50. The Sweet 22 line has bullet drop compensating turrets for 36, 38, and 40 g ammo. So once you zero the rifle at 50 yards the turrets just need to be dialed to the range you want to shoot at to be on target (or close depending on variables). They are marked for 50 yards to 175 yards. They also make a more expensive version with side focus in a 6-18x40 size for a little over $125 with the same turrets (I own one of each in spite of the fact that I own scopes costing as much as $1000 on some of my centerfire rifles).

 

[photoracer]

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I decided on a Vortex mostly because of the warranty and the quality of my red dot.

I am a little leary on the cheaper lines of Vortex scopes. I have a Viper 6.5-20x44 on my 6.8mm DMR AR and it had worked well, but my buddy had a Crossfire II on his 6.8mm AR and he was shooting it and the lens fell out of the back of the tube. They were willing to give him another but what's to say that could not have an issue. They offered him a better one (Diamondback II) but wanted him to pay the difference and he kind of balked at that (ex-LEO). Ended up taking a refund and replacing it with a Sightron SII scope.

 

[MichiganScott]

If most shooters compared the length of time they spend behind a .22LR and the time they spend behind their favorite centerfire and scoped them accordingly, they would hang a Zeiss or Swarovski on the .22 and a cheap scope on the centerfire.

 

[Camster]

How would performance of a scope specifically designed for .223 be affected on .22lr? Like the Nikon P223.

Perhaps not so important for casual shooting,but rimfire scopes are parallax free at 60 yards.All others are set at 100-150.