Thread: Scope for 22LR

Just be aware that the Monarch 3 whilst a nice scope will not focus below 50 yds so if shooting at 25 yds your image will be fuzzy and there will be some paralax.
You can get a better picture by winding back to 4x but what's the point.

I also steer clear of 50 mm scopes on my 22s. 42 mm is good, you can mount the scope nice and low.

My favourite 22 scope is Weaver 4-16x44 Grand Slam Varmint. It is a very short scope with excellent glass and reticle. Unfortunately Weaver has now ceased to exist. I wish I had bought a couple of them.

Some will argue that you don't need high mag on a 22. This is true to a point but depending upon what you are doing. I shoot every week concentrating on 100 yd groups and would lIke even more magnifiction on that particular rifle. I do however have other 22s scoped with 1-4, 2-7 power and 3-9 powe scopes. All are more than adequate for the type of use that they get. In fact 4x is more than adequate for general hunting.

One further point. I have 3 Sightron Japanese manufactured scopes already and needed a 4-16 (this was before I bought the Grand Slam). My current Sightrons are excellent so on the basis of that I bought an SII 4-16 Philippines origin. It was rubbish. I couldn't clearly see 22 holes at 50 yds. I returned it for a refund. I may have caught a dud but wasn't willing to try another one. I would want to have a good squiz though one before buying.

The Weaver V series has always been good with underrated optics. In fact the better Weaver scopes have always been underrated. I am not sure what the 4-16 focuses down too though.