Squirrel scope for .22LR
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Hard to pick a scope without knowing what kind of gun it will sit on, but right now Nikon scopes are on closeout everyplace because they are quitting the business.
Get a low power (for fast swinging at squirrels in .22LR), and get a smaller objective. You'll want as little parallax as possible since your shots will be close in.
Most likely you'll set it up for 40 to 50 yards at sight-in, so a large objective will have you cocking the scope too far downward to keep it accurate for the rare 80-90 yard shot.
So, 2 x 7, or a straight four power, Nikon, should run $75.00 to $125.00 right now.
Get a low power (for fast swinging at squirrels in .22LR), and get a smaller objective. You'll want as little parallax as possible since your shots will be close in.
Most likely you'll set it up for 40 to 50 yards at sight-in, so a large objective will have you cocking the scope too far downward to keep it accurate for the rare 80-90 yard shot.
So, 2 x 7, or a straight four power, Nikon, should run $75.00 to $125.00 right now.
lancetkenyon
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SWFA 3-15×42. I have one on both of my squirrel guns, a pair of 10/22s.
I put a Leupold FX-1 Rimfire 4x28 on my 10/22. Perfect for my uses (squirrels and punching paper). I run Leupold 2-7 and 3-9 variables on my other rimfires (17 HM2, 17 HMR and 22 WMR), but wanted to go minimalist on the Ruger.
jimbires
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I have a nikon 3-9 pro staff on mine
3X9 with adjustable objective that focuses down to 10,15 yards,sight in at 20 yards,run the round you're using through Hornady ballistic calculator ,you'll see that a 20 yard sight in will put you on the money out to 100 yards.Next to yotes squirrels are number two on my hunt list,results shown below.
lancetkenyon
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SWFA SS 3-15×42 on both my squirrel rifles. Overkill? Yeah. Great scopes? Yeah!
I run a 3x9 Leupold on my Ruger 77/22 integrally suppressed rifle,and on my Tikka T1X,a 4x16 Weaver Grand Slam,ya never know when ya gotta give a yote a 22 in the eyeball at 100 yards.
Nighthunter1
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Something light, the Leup x33 EFR's are nice sized but are ridiculously priced anymore.
Im with him on this one.
AncientHistory
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I had an old Leupold VXII 3-9X40 on my 22 and it worked great. It was a 1978. It stopped holding zero though so I sent it in to Leupold. It turned out that the tube was broken, I couldn't see anything visibly wrong with it. Now they are sending me a VXIII 4.5-14 CDS SF to replace it. That's some great customer service. The new one will go on one of my other rifles.
