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Perfect rimfire scope magnification?
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Kjm041
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Great thanks for the info Hereford. I think I’ll go the same way!
Bigboab29
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To be honest its a rimmy and anything will do the job but I was pretty fussy, wanted decent mag, decent glass and 10 yard px, good with nv and after looking and searching for a while and going through a lot of the cheaper scopes I settled on a bushnell 6500 2.5-16-42 which in my opinion is the perfect rimmy scope (although a little expensive)
Are the aiming marks anywhere near the point of impact?
And how do you find 9x mag?
What distance do you use it to?
I have an ancient 3-9x 40 gold crown wide angle on mine. It is an incredibly good scope for the age. Very good optically and all the mag range you ever need for shooting over 25-80yds. Also standard uncluttered duplex which is all you need to shooting a bunny. Can easily hold over manually for shots over 62yds.
Unless you are shooting 100yd BR, there is little point in more and its good having a small profile and light scope to compliment a small rifle. I have heavier setups on other rifles that need better mag and more light gathering but it is a short range rifle, so scope it up accordingly.
I personally do not like fixed mag scopes. It is impossible for it to be the right mag all the time. I frequently wind mine down to 3 or up to 9, situation dependent.
Unless you are shooting 100yd BR, there is little point in more and its good having a small profile and light scope to compliment a small rifle. I have heavier setups on other rifles that need better mag and more light gathering but it is a short range rifle, so scope it up accordingly.
I personally do not like fixed mag scopes. It is impossible for it to be the right mag all the time. I frequently wind mine down to 3 or up to 9, situation dependent.
FISH BOY
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On my 4x16x50 Hawke couldn't be simpler for my .22 - Zero 50, one dot 75, two dots 100 yards.
Even I can remember that
Sounds like pretty much the same set up I have, in which case the marks are bang on after calibration using hawkes online ballistics programme.
Orion
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This.
Stick a Pard NV007 on the back of it and with the onboard IR you have one of the best NV bunny bashing combos out there.
FISH BOY
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Ive always found them to be very good, ok its no S&B at last light but more than acceptabe.
Put a lamp or NV on it and you will be up all night
Good enough for me! I've not had any issues with the Hawke scope on my 22 at all. Seems to be just about the right grade of scope to put on a rimmie. Nothing fancy, does the job, doesn't break the bank.
Good. In line with the price. Eye relief ok too, not quite a Swarovski but it’s 1/10th of the price.
pete evans
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I use a leuopold 6x42 M8 on mine. Ideal for lamping. No faffing about with mags and parallax, nice fine ret. Zero 75yds. Ive used various configurations but this works best for me.
Got a 3-12 X 56 Meopta R1 on my HMR. Didn't buy it specifically for that rifle. It was a S/H scope at a good price so I snapped it up for my stalking rifle but after a few chops and changes it ended up on my HMR. It's an excellent scope but it rarely moves from 8 power. You don't need to go higher than that for any rimfire but having a 56 mm object lens and quality glass with good light transmission can be useful on an HMR. It might be "only" a rimfire but 100 yard+ rabbits against a tilled field in winter when it's almost dark take some finding. They don't show up like foxes or deer. It is hugely frustrating to see rabbits lolloping about through the binoculars and not being able to find them with the scope.
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