diverdave
Well-Known Member
I have a Z5 on my .22, it has been mentioned here earlier by Malx, and my pal has a Z6 on his, both with ballistic turrets, both bought on here. We have had a lot of other scopes on them in the past, and have tried other reticals and turrets, but these ones do exactly what we want – the others simply could not and were a disappointment. We very much enjoy using them, and spend a fair bit of time shooting rabbits during the day, before stalking in the evening on a superb bit of ground an hour from home. We both have Swarovski scopes on all our centre fires, tend to fire them once, or perhaps twice a day when out, and have a bullet drop of say up to 1-3 inches over the range we shoot at.
With the .22, we fire them probably 50 times a day when out, and have a bullet drop of 0-13 inches, though the rifles are effectively zeroed at 50, 75, 100 and 120 meters, so they are point and press at each of these ranges. We get at least as much enjoyment out of this as we do with our stalking, we try to go out once a week, and so it makes sense to have a decent scope on the rifles that makes a clean kill in what can be difficult conditions and ranges. The topography makes this type of shooting at these ranges a necessity, and though we have some areas we can sneak about and shoot with the air rifles, in most cases the shots are longer range.
Over the last 6-8 years I have probably spent more on scopes for the .22 than the z5 cost me, and I fully expect the rifle and scope to be being used in the same way in 20 years. So I agree that a Swarovski scope is overkill for shooting tins off a wall twice a year, but for what we do it is ideal, decent investment, retaining high residual value, actually does what we want it to do properly, is a pleasure to use and own, and I now have no need for another scope, so happy with my choice.
With the .22, we fire them probably 50 times a day when out, and have a bullet drop of 0-13 inches, though the rifles are effectively zeroed at 50, 75, 100 and 120 meters, so they are point and press at each of these ranges. We get at least as much enjoyment out of this as we do with our stalking, we try to go out once a week, and so it makes sense to have a decent scope on the rifles that makes a clean kill in what can be difficult conditions and ranges. The topography makes this type of shooting at these ranges a necessity, and though we have some areas we can sneak about and shoot with the air rifles, in most cases the shots are longer range.
Over the last 6-8 years I have probably spent more on scopes for the .22 than the z5 cost me, and I fully expect the rifle and scope to be being used in the same way in 20 years. So I agree that a Swarovski scope is overkill for shooting tins off a wall twice a year, but for what we do it is ideal, decent investment, retaining high residual value, actually does what we want it to do properly, is a pleasure to use and own, and I now have no need for another scope, so happy with my choice.