smallbore silhouette scope question

[BlackpowderBandit]

Does anyone use a sightron 6-24x42 with silhouette dot reticle? and can you give me your opinion on it for use for smallbore silhouette. Thanks in advance for the replies.

 

[JeffG]

Head on over to steelchickens, they have all the experienced opinions you could ever want. I use 15x weaver with an 1/8th moa dot and fine crosshair, biggest shift for me came by using a dot recticle, higher magnification didn't help as much.

 

[Lesloan]

I no longer shoot smallbore silhouette, but did for several years & finally had to give it up 'cuz I just got too old, blind & shaky. But based on my own experience, this should be just about the perfect silhouette scope. It's got everything--great optics, the right dot size, 1/4 MOA clicks (1/8 MOA clicks'll drive you nuts in MS) and the most repeatable adjustments in the business. If I were doing it again, this'd be the scope I'd choose, hands down.

 

[xpilot]

Should be a good one w/ 1/4 dot & 1/4 clicks. Some Sightrons seem to vary in brightness from one to another. Repeatability is great and probably more important than glass.

 

[tenring]

When I shot this discipline, I had a Leupold 6.5-20 w/dot on one Andschutz, a Weaver 6x crosshair on the other. There is no need for the high end magnification, because it is very difficult to hold steady. IMO, the 6-24 and quarter dot is OK, but you really don't need that much power.

 

[BlackpowderBandit]

Thanks guys for all the help, it is appreciated.