Thread: Interesting point with US scopes..

As a rimfire hobbyist have had large number of rifles come through the door, and on them a wide range of scopes. Brands I welcomed on the 22s have been Mueller, Bushnell (Sportsman, Banner, Trophy), Tasco (esp early Jap made ones and later World Class series), and Simmons. Also anything by Nikko Stirling. All good on hunter 22s, and some quite effective as entry level optics on centrefires. Mueller an excellent scope for any rifle - have a 4.5-14x on my 223.

Bushnell have really lifted their game in last 5-7 years or so, producing excellent class of scopes now - amongst other optic equipment. And I was interested to find recently that Bushnell also owns Simmons brand, and in mid 2022 bought Tasco. Given Bushnell's new quality focus this can only benefit the Tasco and Simmons range of scopes - probably retaining them as their entry level optics.

I have a near new Tasco World Class 4-16x on my Marlin 795SS semiauto. Bought it for $130 and its a fine little rimfire scope. Dailler? I don't know. But holds zero perfectly and has that wee semiauto averaging in the 0.4"s for consecutive groups at 50m. That's doing the job, and doing it as well on range and in field as a scope worth 10x the price.

Will be interested to watch the development of the Tasco/Simmons ranges in near future, esp for the rimfires and the 223s. Wondering what other brands are producing good value rimfire scopes today - the $100-300 models. Nikko always good - can't remember a dud in a dozen or so.