GregGry
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Hello again, I would like to thank everyone for the help in my previous .22lr rifle thread. I am getting closer to deciding on a .22lr rifle, however I have 2 final (and hopefully easy questions) left right now. They are as follows:
I see that there are scopes labeled as a rimfire scope (Such as one from BSA and leupold) and then of course just plain rifle scopes. I know the BSA scope has some sort of device that can correct for bullet weights, and the other rimfire labeled scopes do not. In the case of the leupold which doesn't have any fancy calibration for bullet weights, why should I pay the money when I can get a quality leupold scope for a normal rifle for 160$ (40$ less then the rimfire version)? Is the reticle on the .22lr scope smaller? Is the body of the scope smaller? I can't seem to figure this out.
The other thing I was wondering is that I have found numerous .22lr rifles I like that have laminated thumbhole stocks. I found that my thumb does not fit well in 90% of them, my big thumb joint doesn't have as much movement as I would like (or is this how they are supposed to be). Does anyone have experiance with making the thumbhole a bit larger on laminated stocks? I have all the wood working tools and experiance to tackle such a job. My issue is that I have no idea if a laminated stock would be able to have the hole enlarged without any issues. That and if I were to enlarge it I would probably have to strip the clearcoat/varnish on the entire stock and redo it so it all matches. Of course thats not a 5 minute job either. If anyone has any ideas I am open. Thanks -Greg
I see that there are scopes labeled as a rimfire scope (Such as one from BSA and leupold) and then of course just plain rifle scopes. I know the BSA scope has some sort of device that can correct for bullet weights, and the other rimfire labeled scopes do not. In the case of the leupold which doesn't have any fancy calibration for bullet weights, why should I pay the money when I can get a quality leupold scope for a normal rifle for 160$ (40$ less then the rimfire version)? Is the reticle on the .22lr scope smaller? Is the body of the scope smaller? I can't seem to figure this out.
The other thing I was wondering is that I have found numerous .22lr rifles I like that have laminated thumbhole stocks. I found that my thumb does not fit well in 90% of them, my big thumb joint doesn't have as much movement as I would like (or is this how they are supposed to be). Does anyone have experiance with making the thumbhole a bit larger on laminated stocks? I have all the wood working tools and experiance to tackle such a job. My issue is that I have no idea if a laminated stock would be able to have the hole enlarged without any issues. That and if I were to enlarge it I would probably have to strip the clearcoat/varnish on the entire stock and redo it so it all matches. Of course thats not a 5 minute job either. If anyone has any ideas I am open. Thanks -Greg