Scope for kids

[ofl0926]

What’s up everyone.
I have an inbound 6 creed for my two to start shooting and hopefully hunt with. I’ll be shooting it as well lol
Kinda all over the place with the optic choice to put in there. What do you guys think? Power range? FFP or SFP? My son will be 7 in march and my daughter 9 in December. I do have an AR15 with irons to learn to shoot irons as well.
Thanks


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[nm.otter]

You'll need a bit of patience, but a SWFA 6x MQ Gen2 is the easy button.

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[Q_Sertorius]

For a kid’s rifle, I like a little scope like the SWFA 2.5-10 Ultralight. It weighs less than half what the fixed 6x weighs. May make it a bit easier for them to hold and carry it.

 

[kkp005]

Swfa 3x9 , trijicon credo or Huron

 

[menhaden_man]

For a kid’s rifle, I like a little scope like the SWFA 2.5-10 Ultralight. It weighs less than half what the fixed 6x weighs. May make it a bit easier for them to hold and carry it.

This with the plain duplex. MPBR if you’re hunting deer inside 200 yds is what we do. My kids been killing deer and hogs since about 8.

 

[PNWGATOR]

FFP
SWFA 6x mil/mil with milquad reticle or SWFA 3-9 mil/mil with milquad and put it on 6x and tape it there.

 

[Johnwell]

IMO, unless you’re going to be practicing shooting longer range, say past 250-300, I would go with a set-and-forget scope like the swfa 2.5-10.

If you plan on shooting longer, I’d go 3-9 swfa.

If you don’t like swfa, then substitute those recommendations for equivalent trijicon offerings.

 

[huntabsarokee]

I think this is easy, Trijicon Credo 3-9. I have them in red and green illuminated. Easy for the kids to pick out the crosshairs.

 

[TxLite]

Ffp really only matters if you’re doing holdovers. Will they be shooting far enough to worry about windage and elevation holds?

I’d go with a 3-9 or 2.5-12.5 accupoint. As mentioned above it’s got a nice illuminated dot to help draw in their eye and capped turrets so it can be a set and forget scope and you won’t have to worry about turrets being accidentally spun. .

 

[ofl0926]

Ffp really only matters if you’re doing holdovers. Will they be shooting far enough to worry about windage and elevation holds?

I’d go with a 3-9 or 2.5-12.5 accupoint. As mentioned above it’s got a nice illuminated dot to help draw in their eye and capped turrets so it can be a set and forget scope and you won’t have to worry about turrets being accidentally spun. .

Yeah probably a max of 300yards. That is pushing it. Ideally 100-200
I’ll take a look at the trijicon scope line. I’m not worried about them carrying the rifle. That is what I am there for. They are not that tall anyway and not is dad lol. So weight isn’t too much of a concern. Shoot the extra weight will help with the recoil.


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[nm.otter]

Ffp really only matters if you’re doing holdovers. Will they be shooting far enough to worry about windage and elevation holds?

There's a certain brilliance in a mil reticle, fixed magnification scope. The SWFA 6x is basically a duplex for use at ~150 yards and in. If you want to learn more, you can use it to reach much farther. It's not complicated.

 

[TxLite]

There's a certain brilliance in a mil reticle, fixed magnification scope. The SWFA 6x is basically a duplex for use at ~150 yards and in. If you want to learn more, you can use it to reach much farther. It's not complicated.

No shade on the fixed 6. Especially now with the option for caped turrets. I just remember preferring more zoom as a kid when I was starting to shoot. Personal preference really. Definitely the most cost effective route

 

[dmm08300]

I went with the Trijicon accupoint 3-9 and mil dot reticle. It is lightweight and at the ranges my daughter is comfortabe shooting her 6mm arc, it made it easy to say just put the green dot on where you want it to hit. Also if need be, can use the mil dots for further (i have cheat sheet on how far each dot is for various zoom levels since it is SFP) shots. The dot made it very easy for her to see and it is similar to what she was accustomed to with a red dot on the 22lr she has.

 

[ofl0926]

I went with the Trijicon accupoint 3-9 and mil dot reticle. It is lightweight and at the ranges my daughter is comfortabe shooting her 6mm arc, it made it easy to say just put the green dot on where you want it to hit. Also if need be, can use the mil dots for further (i have cheat sheet on how far each dot is for various zoom levels since it is SFP) shots. The dot made it very easy for her to see and it is similar to what she was accustomed to with a red dot on the 22lr she has.

I’ll like the dot idea. Definitely registers has something to look for and easier to see as well.


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[dmm08300]

It's been great for my daughter! We tried another one or 2 that i had around and she was struggling a bit. Then i watched her shoot her 22 and it seemed to be pretty easy for her when it's just put the dot where you want to hit so I thought to give it a try. The eyebox seems to be pretty forgiving too which was one of the issues with some of the others and I got her to understand that it shouldn't be like looking down a cardboard tube, the whole scope view should be clear. I had a VX3 that came on another used rifle I bought and the eyebox would have possibly been better than the Trijicon but im not a leupold fan so I sold it.