red/scope question

[bigbdgaf]

i have this ncstar scope on my 15-22 right now and for the life of me cant hardly see targets/ bullet hitting at 50 yards was curious if i add on a magnifier from primary arms would that help me shoot and see a better distance say like 100 ft?

or would a red dot and magnifier be the way to go i only want something i can shoot and see at 100 yards


heres the scope and where i purchased from only paid $60
NcSTAR Mark III Tactical 4x32 mm P4 Sniper Scope in Matte Black - STP432G | CSN Stores

 

[team sidewinder]

I am assuming you mean Yards rather than Feet.

That is the same scope I have on my 15-22 and the 4 power works good for me. It is hard to believe anybody would have eyes as bad as mine. This 4X32 Mark III NcStar scope really helped me see my small targets at 50 Yds and 80 Yds which I couldn't see with the Iron Sights but I am not happy with the quality of the scope adjustments as they seem to change every other time I take it out. I have checked mounts and nothing is ever loose but I can never count on this scope to be on zero from the last time I have sighted it in. I am thinking about sending it in as I have never had this much trouble with a .22LR rifle scope combo ever because I don't know what else to do. Althought my 15-22 is fun to shoot I have spent more ammo sighting it in than I use in 5 years of shooting my other 22s just because I can hit what I am aiming at with them. Love the price,customer service ( lost a elevation cap ) and size of this scope BUT.

Back to your problem/question. For me a red dot covers too much area even with a 4-5mil dot for the small targets I am using my 15-22 on. Some have gone with the NcStar Mark III 2-7X32 which might help you or a 4x16 Barska, Barska 6-24X50 would be even better as far as see where your bullets are hitting but those are way too big a scope for a .22LR for me. IMHO

Sorry for ranting so on the NcStar

 

[bigbdgaf]

yes yards lol but ya that is my problem i feel at 25 yards it was sighted perfect then i pushed the target to 50 and couldn't even tell where i was hitting which was disappointing and thought maybe its my fault for not properly zeroing but maybe ill give it a few more range trips since it has only been about 500 rounds so far...

 

[team sidewinder]

That is pretty crazy alright. I feel your pain but glad to hear I am not the only one with somewhat of the same problem. Try sighting in at 50 Yds with a really large 3ftx3ft peice of something suitable and then try moving back to 25 yards and see where you are shooting. I would be interested to know what you find out if anything. Another weird thing that happened the last time I tried to sight in is when I moved the windage knob left the bullet would start impacting farther right and it never did that before. So had to move the windage knob right to get the bullets to impact right therefore on target bullseye. Go figure.

I can't figure out what is going with a brand new scope but maybe next time it is off I will send it back to the factory and use the MPOS sight until it returns which for now I can shoot at least consistantly with.

 

[bigbdgaf]

I will let u kno hopefully getting out to range this weekend...

Would a primary arms red dot and a 5x magnifier be good for up to 100 yards shooting?

 

[Star4Ever]

Having alot of modern benchrest shooting under my belt, especially at 100 yards, any scope that can get you 30X or more will show a bullet hole on white target. Typically scopes at that resolution are 36x (or more via optics modifications). So no spotting scope would be needed to see what is happening down range at the target.

However, scopes in the 36x range of magnification do greatly limit your field of view and the image at the eye ball is very small so you have to hunt around for the image... in other words it is a still gun (at rest) type of scope... typically these are called benchrest scopes for that reason.