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scope for a 10/22

landislandis Member Posts: 230 ✭✭✭
edited April 2002 in Ask the Experts
Any suggestions for the max scope you would put on a Ruger 10/22? Maybe a lighted reticle? I plan on spending about 200 on the gun, and that or less on the scope.
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  • landislandis Member Posts: 230 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I didn't mention, it is for my son for his birthday in June. Not an expert by any scale.
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  • Harleeman1030Harleeman1030 Member Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dont know but i always say why have a 20.00 scope and a 400.00 gun...Burris makes a great scope and 100 % made in the great U.S.A
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  • niklasalniklasal Member Posts: 776 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Think about a red dot scope. BSA makes a nice 30mm Red Dot sight for about $30.No magnification, but it's great for fast target acquisition if you go varmint hunting, and your son will undoubtedly find it really cool.
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  • DarkStar11DarkStar11 Member Posts: 1,557 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a BSA Catseye Illuminated 3-10x44 on one of my 10/22's that I like a lot. Natchezss.com has 'em for about $95, the non-illuminated for about $89. I was really surprised by the clarity of this scope for the price.
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  • Harleeman1030Harleeman1030 Member Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    3x7 max by the way after that you feel the gun moving on you...well my 5 year old son does any way ..he says the target is not staying still... from a 4x32 to a 3x7 he shoots a lot better....Good luck and remember teach them young and teach them right because we have that right....
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  • gunrunner68gunrunner68 Member Posts: 582 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a six power on mine with the bull bbl. Myu seven year old can shoot 1/2 moa with it but he shoots three times a week.. He wants to shoot more... If I only had the time.....308 hole make invisible souls
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  • gunrunner68gunrunner68 Member Posts: 582 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a six power on mine with the bull bbl. Myu seven year old can shoot 1/2 moa with it but he shoots three times a week.. He wants to shoot more... If I only had the time.....308 hole make invisible souls
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  • farrangerfarranger Member Posts: 20 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a 3x9x32 bushnell on one and a 4x leupold was on it, both worked great.
    freedom isn't free
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  • changdaochangdao Member Posts: 43 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have two Simmons 3X9X40 mounted on a sporter and an internatonal stocked 10/22. Can`t be the quality for the $$$$.
    No good deed goes unpunished
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  • Rafter-SRafter-S Member Posts: 2,173 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't know the age of your son...or his shooting experience. But if he is new to shooting, i.e. this is his first rifle, consider giving him the rifle without a scope. Let him get used to shooting it for a year with open sights, then for his next birthday get the scope.I respectfully say that very often we give our kids the guns we would like to have, and not necessarily the ones that are best for them.
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  • martzkj@msn.commartzkj@msn.com Member Posts: 582 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agree with the open sites. I started that way with my dad, then in high school shot on the rifle team. Glad I started with open sites. I never hunted with a scope till I was about 18 and my eyes started getting to bad. Just a cool side note. Last year the school sold the rifle teams guns. They had been in storage for 15 years. I had the high bid and got them all. Now I own the Anschutz 1407 I shot 20 years ago in school.
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  • landislandis Member Posts: 230 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rafter, good question. Second gun for him, he will be 11 years old. (third if you include an air rifle CO-2 type) His first .22 was mine from when I was about 12. Winchester .22 bolt action, and a cheap scope. I do also like that gun (10/22), I admit, my son and I share a lot of the same tastes, much to my wife's despair...The trick is to point out that $8000.00 ATV that we also want, and I get the gun every time. Thanks everybody for all the input.
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