Scope for wheelgun choice.

[JoeInTucson]

Hello
I have a Super Redhawk 44 Mag 9 1/2 inch barrel.
I put a Burris 2-7 on it.
I wish I had checked the eye relief on it prior to purchase.
It is 14 inches or so and it makes the Hawk weird to shoot to say the least.
What else is good for this application? General use not lying on my back shooting silhouette Thanks!

 

[rickiesrevenge]

I like leupolds. They dont make them anymore but you can buy them on the used market often

 

[JSH]

If you have never used a handgun scope before, eye relief and acquiring a good picture can be tough.
Leupold,Burris and Bushnell all made some darn good handgun optics.
Bushnell had the most generous eye relief and why I preferred them, the Elite not the trophy.
You might try adjusting your X to what you can see best and easily.
Weird, does not give a good description of your issue.

 

[GetReal]

They are called " red dots."

Yeah... using a scope on anything other than a bench rested handgun seems like a huge problem.

FWIW... iron sights are used on rifles of all sorts out to 600 yards and beyond with amazing effectiveness.

Red dots are just a simplified electronic form of iron sights. Without the need to align a front and rear sight. They are an especially good choice for older eyes.

 

[25ring]

Hello
I have a Super Redhawk 44 Mag 9 1/2 inch barrel.
I put a Burris 2-7 on it.
I wish I had checked the eye relief on it prior to purchase.
It is 14 inches or so and it makes the Hawk weird to shoot to say the least.
What else is good for this application? General use not lying on my back shooting silhouette Thanks!

Weaver has or had a 2x7 sold through Natchez. I bought a few because they were cheap and work really well. I haven't seen any in quite some time and mine are used for pistol silhouette in calibers from 22rf to 7mm IHMSA.

 

[Tacoma]

I have a pair of Bushnell Trophy 2-6x32EER scopes that I use for silhouette shooting. Glass is good and eye releif is at/near full arm extension so I can shoot from the Creedmore position. Not too expensive either.

 

[snowsnake]

Leupold 4x or a Burris fixed or low power variable works well but you will have to pick one up used. Burris does still make a 2x. The 2x Leupold for some reason makes the target appear smaller to me.
I have Weaver and TC 2x7 variables, both are compact and provide good eye relief.
A real favorite, mounted on my Dan Wesson is the long since out of production Nikon 1.5x4.5. Wish I had bought a dozen of them back then!

 

[Brian.Egeberg64]

I have done the same before but now only will buy low fixed power scopes. I have a 2x Leupold on my 8 inch Dan Wesson and a 4x on my 357 Contender.

Red dots on most things but I do like the scoped pistols.

 

[WV Hitman]

I've been 100% handguns since 1978. My revolvers have Bushnell Elites (the best), older Weavers (pretty good), Burris 2-7 BPlex(OK). The 2-8 Leupold is a little too big for revolvers. I also have UltrDots on a .500 Mag & .475 Linebaugh(they've held up good). Used AimPoint red Dots in past (OK,too).
For single shots the Burris 3-12X BPlex can't be beat. I have 12 of them on XPs, Contenders, Encores.

 

[Steel Mover]

Most retail dealers have one pistol scope in stock and no experience behind the counter pistol scope use or comparison.
I put together a beam display of a dozen pistol scopes at a championship match for that very reason. The Wever came in 2nd to the US made Burris as the Weaver was more difficult to get the reticle centered on a target. Leupold was a distant fourth place.
The dots have no fixed eye relief in any configuration, reflector or tube, but they are very easy to cant by not paying strict attention or not having a bubble level mounted at the rear or inside the tube.
I have scopes and dots mounted on handguns both. I do like my Gilmore 2MOA dots with a bubble level.

 

[charlie b]

I had two that worked for me. A Leupold 4X and a Thompson Center 3X. They both had a longish eye relief so could be shot with straight arms or in Creedmore with the gun resting on the top of my boot. That was over 30 years ago so things are different now When I last searched for EER scopes I found a lot with only 6-8" eye relief. Not near enough for a handgun IMHO.

 

[Tad_Earhart]

I have 2 of the Burris 2x7's and usually have them turned down to 2x or 3x while I am hunting with them. I can get a good picture at normal/comfortable arm positions there. The only time I turn them up is when I have a great rest or on the bench with them. It has taken me some time to get used to a pistol scope. Probably the best aid was putting together a .22 pistol and scoping it with the same scope as my revolver and squirrel hunting with it. It gives some dynamic situations that forces you to learn to be successful. Its also a ton of fun too.

 

[Orr89rocz]

I love my burris 2-7, i dont find it awkward at all. Eye relief is fine.

Other than that i also liked my Ultradot 30. It was accurate and worked well. I prefer red dots but wish they could make a 2x or 3x type magnification red dot. My ultradot had the 4 moa dot. I would have liked the matchdot which has several dot sizes available

 

[snert]

I am 6'1" with long arms and shoot a Contender. I use Leupold 2x scopes for hunting. I also have Weaver (Natchez) 2-? variables on several barrels. With full arm extension and recoil mitigation, both work very well. The also shoot well off a rest or bench at full arm two handed hold, as well as the old "lay down and rest gun aside the bent up right leg, while holding head up with left arm" position (Creedmore?).

Not sure exactly what wierd describes? Too little or too much eye relief for you?