Help me pick a .22 scope.

[thomis]

I can't help but wonder why you would want a chinese made scope on a good old American made .22 rifle.

Simmons, nikon, tasco, bushnell, bsa, weaver, etc..all chinese made optics.

One was a Tasco, one was a Redfield (before Leupold bought 'em out and made them a cheap line).

This statement couldn't be farther from the truth. Leupold rescued Redfield from the dumps. Have you looked at a Redfield Revolution scope lately? They are nicey nice. The Revenge line is chinese made but the Revolution line is made in Oregon. Have a look at the reviews on this Redfield scope, I have two of them and will most likely buy another soon.

American made just means something to me when it comes to my firearms.

 

[basicblur]

This statement couldn't be farther from the truth. Leupold rescued Redfield from the dumps.

I'm aware Leupold "rescued" them, but if I'm not mistaken, did the price of Redfields not drop drastically after Leupold took them over?

They may be the same scopes they once were, but iff'n I was a betting man, I'd say Leupold made them a lower end line so as not to compete with Leupold's line of scopes? I'd also be willing to bet if there was anything Redfield did better than Leupold, they probably adopted it in their line, and relegated Redfield to somewhat of an entry line?

What pricing I've done, it seems Leupolds are higher priced scopes than Redfields.

Not that price necessarily equates to quality...

American made just means something to me when it comes to my firearms.

Not just firearms to me - all my vehicles are American!

I prefer to buy made in the U.S. also (assuming equal or better quality), and probably for a lot longer than a lot of latecomers to the buy USA products bandwagon since I retired from manufacturing.

We bought a lot of 3rd world competitor products for comparison, and most of 'em failed every QC test we ran 'em through.

BUT...they were a few dollars cheaper, and that's all anyone looks at these days.

Not saying I wouldn't buy a Redfield, but as with most folks, ability to compare scopes is limited, and I still use Nikon as my baseline when shopping for optics.

 

[DM~]

Back in the day, i got to the point i wouldn't even own or sell a Redfield scope, too many had problems and then when i'd send them in for warr., Redfield would be an absolute bear to deal with! There's a reason they went under!!!

Leupold bought the name, and now Redfield is their lower priced scope. That doesn't mean bad scope, it's just the same scope as Leu's mid priced line.

I still say, if it doesn't have an ajustable objective, it's NOT going on any decent 22 that i own!

DM

 

[redneck2]

I have a CZ 453 Varminter with a set trigger, heavy barrel. Thru some odd circumstances, I ended up with a 4x14x40 VX-3, so I matched them up. Clarity is astounding. Shoots multiple .2's in a row at 50 yards with Wolf Match.

When you're trying to put multiple bullets in the same hole, it helps to be able to see the holes.

And yes, I crank it up to 14x. There's a reason BR shooters use 36x at 100 and 200 yards.

I agree with the post about putting a great scope on the gun you'll most likely shoot the most. One day it occurred to me that I had $500+ scopes on rifles that I hadn't shot in years, but crap scopes on my deer gun and .22's that see the most use. Sold the guns I didn't use and bought or swapped good scopes to the busiest guns.

 

[CB900F]

Fella's;

With most optics, you get under a hundred & it's a crap shoot. I don't know if there's no Q.C. at all or what, but the quality spread can be jaw dropping. I've got a Simmons I put on a .22 bolt gun that was twice the scope for half the price of the Burris it replaced. Problem was, the Burris was anything but inexpensive. And it had gone back to Burris because of the problems I had with it. It came back to me with a note saying that there was nothing wrong with it. At which point I literally gave it away. So, yay-team, cheap scopes are great! Until the second one I bought. Like I said, a crap shoot.

Therefore, I decided that I'd rather pay a little more & forego the frustration of working through snake-eyes. A decision I've not regretted in the many years since.

900F