Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Wildlife Management Best scope for 22 cal rifle

Rah, that Leupold scope looks interesting! The reticle will allow you to judge the distance to the target and the size of the target when set on 9x.

Subsonic = bullets traveling slower than the speed of sound
MOA = minute of angle (it calculates out to be 1.047" @ 100 yds)

I think that Leupold would be a good scope for a .22. My recommendation is to get flip up Blizzard scope caps for it. That way you will keep dust and dirt off of the lenses when not using the scope.

I am comfortable using MOA when talking about group sizes, adjusting a scope, Highflier is probably more comfortable in Mils than I am. I can convert MOA to inches in my head if needed. Maybe not exact, but close enough to be accurate within 2,000 yds.

I just looked at the Hawke scope. Never had a scope that could change the color of the reticle, that is used mostly for low light. All my illuminated scopes have a red reticle when turned on, it's black when it's off.

Since I don't use mil dot reticles, I am not familiar with them. Here is an example I pulled off the internet. A MIL-Dot reticle refers to a standard, specific pattern of duplex crosshair reticles with four small 0.25 mil diameter dots placed along each axis. ... The distance between the centers of any two adjacent dots on a MIL-Dot reticle scope equals 1 Mil, which is about 36" (or 1 yard) @ 1000 yards, or 3.6 inches @ 100 yards.

IF you want to use the reticle for aiming points once you set your zero, you will have to decide whether you will be using standard velocity ammo (1200-1260 fps) or sub sonic ammo (<1,050 fps). The problem that I see with the reticle that is set for a certain ammo velocity is that if the velocity is 100fps+ different than from what the reticle is set at then the reticle won't be accurate for your aiming points.

Now remember the center "X" will always be your zero for the ammo that you adjusted the scope for. i.e., if you bought the HV Hawke scope, and you were using the standard velocity ammo and sighted in the scope using that ammo both the center "X" and the dots would be accurate for bullet drop at different distances. If you wanted to use subsonic ammo in it, you'd have to re-sight in the gun so the "X" was where the bullets were hitting, the dots would still not be accurate for where the bullet would hit at different distances. The dots are not spaced equally, unlike a mil dot or MOA reticle. With those reticles you could zero your rifle for the particular bullet, then use the marks to calculate where your bullet will hit. I will make a small cheat sheet and tape it to the stock. That way I can use the reticle to get the distance to the target if I didn't have my laser rangefinder, look at the cheat sheet and use the marks on the reticle to adjust my aim point. Sounds a lot more complicated than it is.