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New optics for .22 rimfire?

Knotwild said:
I have a Tract and a Meopta, both with BDC articles. To me the BDC reticle is very useful on 22s. After some practice I can go from 50 to 200 with no dialing.

Tract has some nice, not made in China, options for under $250 and their service is A+.
Tract Rimfire

Meopta is truly nice but the price is almost $400 now.

Also take a look at the Sightron S1 series. I don't have one but they look nice and not made in China. Here's a real deal on an S1 on Ebay.
Sightron S1
In fact good deals on Sightron can be found on Ebay.
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My 4-16 Sightron S1 was made in Japan and is really quite a bang for the buck. Any higher power becomes restrictive to the field of vision making it difficult to find small targets. Mine was found on Ebay and the price was right. I came like new in the original box with papers. I never expected to win with the bid I made.
 
I discovered this brand "Arken Optics" on another forum. They have very good reviews
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Check out Arken scopes. The LH-4 series might be good for your and don't be fooled by the price. It's optical quality and durability is as good as scopes costing far more. I have 5 different Arkens and can't say enough about them.
 
jps2486 said:
Check out Arken scopes. The LH-4 series might be good for your and don't be fooled by the price. It's optical quality and durability is as good as scopes costing far more. I have 5 different Arkens and can't say enough about them.
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This is good to hear, as I have an Arken ELP5 5x25x56 IR being delivered today, atop a CZ MTR.
 
MUP said:
This setup will be relegated to 300 and in, and mostly just out to 100 for .22 LR bench shooting.
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Thats ok, but can you take a look see anyway..... further out somewhere just for fun and try 2 things
1. Check those 3 C's
2. See if the parallax will "over focus" until the image is blurry, (basically infinity)
then dial back to be in good focus (on high magnification)
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Some scopes, you can look a mile out and still have more room to turn the focus/parallax
other scopes, the parallax doesn't do anything much past 300/600 yds
 
ELR LVR said:
Thats ok, but can you take a look see anyway..... further out somewhere just for fun and try 2 things
1. Check those 3 C's
2. See if the parallax will "over focus" until the image is blurry, (basically infinity)
then dial back to be in good focus (on high magnification)
-------------------
Some scopes, you can look a mile out and still have more room to turn the focus/parallax
other scopes, the parallax doesn't do anything much past 300/600 yds
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I just picked it up. It'll be a little while before I can get out with it.
 
You know what~? It really boils down to what you are looking for. There isn't all that much difference between scopes. Some guys like to brag about paying $1000 up to $2000 for their scope. Whatever floats their boat is ok. I'm not into bragging about how much money I've forked out. I have 4 variable power scopes for my .22. The least expensive was a World Class Tasco 6-24 power with fine cross hairs and a target dot. The next was a Sightron with the same reticle configuration. The last and the most expensive scope I've ever bought was a 2nd hand B&L Balvar 6-24 with fine cross hairs but without target dot. I might just be me but I can't see any appreciable difference between the three. All were bought 2nd hand and prices ranged between $125 and $550. I just couldn't pass up the B&L because it looked brand new with original box, papers, and warranty card, 2-different length lens shades, a second pair of target towers, and a soft flannel bag. I didn't need it but based on the B&L reputation and condition of the scope and extras, I just had to go back 3 times and finally said "Oh, what the heck~!". With 24X power I can see enough of the fruit fly at 100 yards to make me happy.
 
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Knotwild said:
My post is timeless.
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The answer you gave was beautiful~!!!!
From this moment forward I will refrain from answering anyone who posts they are looking for something if the request is more than a month old. Will that make you happy!? It's important that we make you happy and the individual looking for something in particular can go take a flying F___~!
Knotwild said:
I have a Tract and a Meopta, both with BDC articles. To me the BDC reticle is very useful on 22s. After some practice I can go from 50 to 200 with no dialing.

Tract has some nice, not made in China, options for under $250 and their service is A+.
Tract Rimfire

Meopta is truly nice but the price is almost $400 now.

Also take a look at the Sightron S1 series. I don't have one but they look nice and not made in China. Here's a real deal on an S1 on Ebay.
Sightron S1
In fact good deals on Sightron can be found on Ebay.
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I think that's where I bought my Sightron 1 Very reasonably priced and N.I.B. I really likr the scope~!
 
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