Originally Posted By Waxman:
My wife has a thompson benchmark 22 rifle she wants to use to shoot local nrl 22 matches.I am looking for a budget friendly scope for this type of shooting.I would like at least a 24x scope with open turrets zero stop, and parallax that goes down to 10-20 yds.
I was pretty sure I wanted the vortex diamondback tactical, but I keep reading the turret adjustments are super mushy. I already have a athlon midas tac on my kidd 10/22, but the verdict is still out on this scope till I shoot a.match with it.
Do you guys have any recomendations?
Forgot to add, MOA.As a old guy my brain only works in MOA
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I just bought a Vortex Diamondback Tactical 6-24x50 with FFP MOA reticle. Bought it just for .22lr target at 100 yards. It has side focus parallax down to 10 yards and a very fine, useful “tree” type reticle for precise hold overs and hold offs. Not illuminated, nor zero stop, but not needed for this purpose.
The scope is about $350-$400 depending on vendor. Glass is quite good at .22lr distances. Not so good at 500+ yards, but it will not see that duty and it is a $400 scope. Yes, the tactical open turrets are a bit mushy, but they are adjustable for zero that will line up with the index marks, repeatable on both vertical and horizontal dials. It tracks nicely at .22lr distances.
It was bought for my Remington 541-S bolt gun.
Oh, I will be 70 years old in about three weeks. I use both MOA and MIL scopes, but I get where you are coming from.