I'm planning to do an Appleseed soon. Just bought a 10/22 and my 59 year old eyes would do better with a low powered optic than irons I think. I threw the only scope I had laying round on it and just now sighted it in at 25 yards with CCI SV. That scope is not going to work, although I got pretty good accuracy I could see that the parallax error was huge, minor head movements cause very significant crosshair movement on the target. Must be set at 100yds.
So I prefer lightweight optics, and although an adjustable objective would be the ultimate solution, they are heavy, especially side focus. I only want a 2x to 3x fixed power, preferably with some kind of ranging or holdover reticle so that it is more versatile as a do-everything optic after the Appleseed. I'd love to find a rimfire scope with AO or fixed 25yd parallax in 2 or 3X power, less than 16oz (would prefer more like 12oz), and <= $300.
So far I'm looking at this PA 2.5x prism scope, it's not AO and doesn't list the parallax distance but in this vid at 1:55 it does pretty well in that department. It's at the top f my weight limit and I'd like to find something lighter if possible.
Am I searching for a unicorn?
Edit: Just realized a fixed 25yd parallax optic is probably going to suck for anything other than an Appleseed, lol. I'll settle for 50yd, or of course AO, but they always add a lot of weight.
So I prefer lightweight optics, and although an adjustable objective would be the ultimate solution, they are heavy, especially side focus. I only want a 2x to 3x fixed power, preferably with some kind of ranging or holdover reticle so that it is more versatile as a do-everything optic after the Appleseed. I'd love to find a rimfire scope with AO or fixed 25yd parallax in 2 or 3X power, less than 16oz (would prefer more like 12oz), and <= $300.
So far I'm looking at this PA 2.5x prism scope, it's not AO and doesn't list the parallax distance but in this vid at 1:55 it does pretty well in that department. It's at the top f my weight limit and I'd like to find something lighter if possible.
Am I searching for a unicorn?
Edit: Just realized a fixed 25yd parallax optic is probably going to suck for anything other than an Appleseed, lol. I'll settle for 50yd, or of course AO, but they always add a lot of weight.
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