Baffles me.

[wind gypsy]

My only .22. Scope isn’t particularly helpful when using it to dispatch trapped coyotes and coons

 

[grfox92]

I have a Browning X Bolt Stalker with a SWFA 10x on it and I hate the way it looks but love the way it performs. So I leave it as is.

I guess now that I see it in a picture it doesnt look half bad.
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[huntsman22]

function trumps looks....

 

[huntsman22]

OK.... I gotta come clean. I made the long sunshade pic just to dick with casey. I had to scotch tape a bunch of 2 inch shades together on the top and side away from the camera, so they'd stay together long enuff to pose the fake pic. I'm still snickering, tho.....

 

[casey36]

OK.... I gotta come clean. I made the long sunshade pic just to dick with casey. I had to scotch tape a bunch of 2 inch shades together on the top and side away from the camera, so they'd stay together long enuff to pose the fake pic. I'm still snickering, tho.....

With the price of those shades now, your sitting on a gold mine. I dont mind people dicking around at my expense, I do the same at times!

 

[vonb]

I hear what the OP is saying and agree with him. With that said, ook at the trend in the industry. Everything is moving to more magnification and _HEAVY_. I've made the mistake of putting a 30 oz scope on a Tikka T3x light. It definitely upsets the balance of the rig. That alone has caused me to pay attention to weight and length of the scope. Vendors want to tout 30mm+ tubes and miles of erector travel.

 

[BLJ]

I get what your saying, we have a subforum for firearms, and yet people choose to post about firearms in the general forum all the time!!!! Imagine that!!

I think we need a trends forum.

Wouldn’t have had this issue.

 

[Steve300xcw]

My only .22.

I am more concerned about this statement, than I am what scope somebody chooses

 

[Steve300xcw]

How is that even possible?

 

[Brandon_SPC]

I really don't understand why the majority of hunters pick a scope above 10 power magnification. Assuming the reticle pairs well with the magnification, I have never truly needed a scope past 10 power for anything under 600 yards. Granted we are talking about normal hunting applications here not trying to shoot prairie dogs or rockchucks. lol These are also the same people I run into here in the SE of the US. They will shoot a deer, you ask them where they hit, and they always say "I don't know". Well sir it is probably because you maxed your scope on a 100 yard shot, shooting some light weight rifle. That I GUARENTEE is a magnum of some sort. Sorry had to vent a little. haha My favorite magnification for hunting is 2.5-10 and I wish more companies would start making scopes that aligned with the Leupold Mark 4HD 2.5-10 or the NightForce NXS 2.5-10 (just with locking elevation and capped windage).

 

[KenLee]

Useful to last legal light, no matter the environment/weather.

 

[KenLee]

I have a Browning X Bolt Stalker with a SWFA 10x on it and I hate the way it looks but love the way it performs. So I leave it as is.

I guess now that I see it in a picture it doesnt look half bad.
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Needs a 56mm objective

 

[Brandon_SPC]

Useful to last legal light, no matter the environment/weather.

How is a higher magnification more useful in lower light? The exit pupil is smaller.

 

[KenLee]

How is a higher magnification more useful in lower light? The exit pupil is smaller.

OP is talking about scope size, not magnification.

 

[Brandon_SPC]

OP is talking about scope size, not magnification.

Maybe I'm not understanding because OP specifies high magnification ranges.

 

[plebe]

What did the guy say when you brought this up to him on the forum where you saw it?

 

[KenLee]

Maybe I'm not understanding because OP specifies high magnification ranges.

I read longer than barrel and heavy. Didn't pay attention to mag range. I personally prefer 2.5 or 3 to 12-15ish,

 

[HandgunHTR]

I hear what the OP is saying and agree with him. With that said, ook at the trend in the industry. Everything is moving to more magnification and _HEAVY_. I've made the mistake of putting a 30 oz scope on a Tikka T3x light. It definitely upsets the balance of the rig. That alone has caused me to pay attention to weight and length of the scope. Vendors want to tout 30mm+ tubes and miles of erector travel.

Heavy usually means "durable". I will take durability and function as my main criteria for choosing a scope. I don't care if it goes up to 15X or even 20X, as I will probably never have it above 10, unless I am taking a loooong shot.
But, it must return to zero, track reliably, and most importantly retain zero regardless of the bumps and bruises it may suffer while I am hunting. So, unfortunately most of the 15-20 oz scopes out there just don't cut it.

It is also one of the main reasons I started moving away from handgun hunting. None of the pistol scopes on the market today are reliable when taking bumps. Not that they are bad scopes, but a shift of 1-2MOA after an impact as slight as losing the grip on my chest holster when taking it off in the field and having the holstered gun hit the ground gets pretty frustrating.
Don't get me wrong, I still love to hunt with my handguns, but it is under much more controlled conditions these days because of what I have found out regarding those scopes (Bushnell Elite, Burris, and Weavers).

 

[wpeach1912]

I threw my suppressor on my model 7 yesterday. Feels a little goofy to have an 18” barrel then throw a 7” suppressor on it. Shoots nice though! Apparently my scope choice is acceptable

 

[casey36]

What did the guy say when you brought this up to him on the forum where you saw it?

He was a very young man. Early teens I would say. I didn't say anything. My original post here was just an observation, not a condemnation of somebody's choices. They are personal, just as my opinion on the subject. As I age, I like light, compact rifles more and more. It just seems counter productive to burden them with a heavy, long scope. I'm slowly losing my ability to walk because of degenerative bone disease in my lower back. I'm pretty much forced to go light and be less mobile more than any time in my life. As I said, it's just a observation. It is however becoming more imperative to me because of the health problems.