garyb Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 The OP makes no mention of any form of budget? If I was choosing.. it would be a fixed mag 6x42 or as Dunkield says a 7x50... I've just sold a Meopta 7x50 for £200 to a member on here, and the optical quality will be a LOT better than many of the ****** Chinese rubbish mentioned earlier in this thread. The other option would be a 2nd hand S&B 6x42(H).. But you'll be looking to add another £100 ontop of the Meopta. I'd rather have a £500 scope ontop of a £100 quid rifle, than the other way round! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malantone Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 (edited) dont waste your money on Hawke of any description. Andrex do free scopes of better quality. I have a cheap Walther 3-9x40 on one 22 and a no name £30 air rifle scope of 4x32 on the other. its a 22 not a 50BMG. if you are new to .22 get a fixed scope and learn your trajectory with the bullets that your rifle likes. you wont have time to be faffing with parallax and zoom when you are trying to keep a bead on a bunny. field craft and range estimation with a Mk1 eyeball will get you more out of your rifle than a £200+ scope. I agree totally it`s a .22 shooting at 50yds to a 100yds, buy a cheap mildot, zero at 50yds then learn where you want to be at 25yds, 75yds and 100yds, In my opinion there`s a lot of snobbery about scopes, if your into long range shooting, expensive scopes are probably beneficial, if as you are shooting with a .22lr, then save your money and buy plenty of ammo and get to know your rifle, knowledge is everything. Good luck mate Tony A. Edited July 22, 2011 by malantone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiDriver Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 from experience : Don't be tempted by BSA's 'Sweet22' offering, On paper it looks good/simple with its 'Bullet drop' compensation etc for different size grain bullets, But it's calculated on normal velocity rounds which makes it not so ideal for the .22 subs that most of us use for rabbiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 So, the whole spectrum of answers from buy cheap to buy the best, ultimately you have to sift through that advice and make your own mind up. Whatever you do, don't buy a scope without looking through it, you will regret it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 The OP makes no mention of any form of budget? If I was choosing.. it would be a fixed mag 6x42 or as Dunkield says a 7x50... I've just sold a Meopta 7x50 for £200 to a member on here, and the optical quality will be a LOT better than many of the ****** Chinese rubbish mentioned earlier in this thread. The other option would be a 2nd hand S&B 6x42(H).. But you'll be looking to add another £100 ontop of the Meopta. I'd rather have a £500 scope ontop of a £100 quid rifle, than the other way round! A pykie with a budget? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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