Optics for savage rascal

[TradLife406]

Bought my now oldest girls a rascal. Fun gun but it's loud.
Just ordered a threaded one and an Unknown can for it.
Got a EGW pic base.

Thinking about throwing just a cheap China made red dot on it.
Thinking it'd be easy for the 4-5 year old kids to shoot. Hard to mess up a dot.

Anyone do this vs a small scope?

 

[JBradley500]

You can get a Holosun ARO for like 110 bucks. High quality and low price.

 

[Pilsner]

Red dot is the easy button. Just be sure to have something in mind to get her cheek height set correctly for the height of the red dot.

 

[naked wombats]

I have a rascal that ive used with colibri and CB loads for rodents around the chicken coop. Honestly the peep sight isnt bad at all unless you specifically need the scope for practice further out.

The colibris are quieter than a pellet gun and can be great practice for noise sensitive shooters to build confidence at shorter range too.

 

[4th_point]

I have a rascal that ive used with colibri and CB loads for rodents around the chicken coop. Honestly the peep sight isnt bad at all unless you specifically need the scope for practice further out.

The colibris are quieter than a pellet gun and can be great practice for noise sensitive shooters to build confidence at shorter range too.

+1

I used Colibris with my two sons, then switched them to CB Longs. They nicknamed the Rascal the Silent Assassin when they were little.

CB Short work too, but foul the chamber like Colibris where you may not be able to chamber a LR round after. CCI Quiet are a bit louder than CB, but definitely better than standard velocity or HV.

All that to say, I love shooting rimfire with cans, but I'd rather just shoot the Rascal + CB Long. No extra weight or length.

It's freakishly accurate with the peep too. No desire to install a scope or RDS.

I've had a ton of rifles come and go, but as crazy as it might seem, I will never get rid of that Rascal.

 

[waspocrew]

Here are my kids rascals with the threaded barrel. They came with some cheap 4x scope. Work just fine for plinking. The suppressor makes it even more fun.

No need to over think it - dot or scope is fine.

 

[huntsman22]

 

[sbaker0029]

Friend of mine put a cheap truglo red dot on his son's rascal. Its a ton of fun to shoot.
I had a cheap Bushnell trs-25 on a ruger mk iv and would highly recommend.

 

[Jack321]

Whats your price range?

My two have Savage Rascals for my two kiddos, and I second @Pilsner saying to get a cheek riser!

I cut up two pieces of cheap foam pads that were each 2x4 inch sections from Walmart crafting section and wrapped them in elastic athletic tap around the stock. My kids love it. Its cushion-y, soft on their cheeks and like a pillow for them to rest their heads on and theres no issues.

Could also try a 1-4x, 1-6x or 1-8x scope if you want to go something with little/no eye relief at 1x but also be abe to zoom in if you want to get them a more "traditional" scope experience and get them to practice proper sight picture.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Meh, let them learn how sights work. Few drawings in the dirt should be enough to get em rolling.

Nothing wrong with learning the basics first.

 

[The Harbor Master]

I do a red dot on a Rock Island .22 bolt action for the kids, works for us on squirrels. We use a primary arms dot. No problems with it yet.

 

[sierracharlie338]

I went red dot on a 10/22 for my kiddo. She loves that thing! Shoots it well to since she can use both eyes.