I have been shooting a .22 rifle for around 50 years,
and have had no reason for a scope for most of those
years.
My first shooting was on gophers, pasture shooting, they
had a bounty on gopher tails. 5 cents per tail, that
money came in handy around the 4th of July for fireworks.
A .22 rifle is a tool for many farm types, rodents,
blackbirds in the crop.
I have never shot a .22 at a target.
Live and learn.
