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What power would you choose? This is for a walking varminter not a bull barrel varmint rifle.

I have Leupold 3.5 x 10 40 MM on both of mine. No complaints.

3.5-10

Even when shots are inside 200y it is nice to have magnification when you do take a stand or wait out a critter!

2-7, 2.5-8, 3-9 or 3.5-10. Just about anything will work for a Hornet. Both of mine have a 3-9.

That is pretty much what I was thinking also. I do have a Nikon Buckmaster 3-9-40mm BDC. Should be ok....

Mine wears an old fixed 6X Swarovski. Works great.

I really like a lot of fov in my scopes. For a fairly light carrying rifle I'd look at a Leupold VX 3 1.5-5x20. I was out hunting javelina with one on my rifle and ended up killing three coyotes on Thursday. My goto scopes on my coyote rifles are 1-4, 1.5-4.5, 1.5-6 and 2-12x40 on my open country rifles.

If your targets are small.stationary like GS and tree squirrels a 4-14 wouldn't be out of the question. Larger moving targets fox, coyotes etc l like 1x to 1.5x on the bottom end.

IME, you don't need a really high end scope on a Hornet. I like good glass. On this CZ, I just used an older scope I already had, a Leupold 3-9x40. I haven't felt I needed more glass power or quality. This one works well enough.

DF

Perfect..

Same here.

Mine wore a 3-9x40 Vari-X II for about 20 years. A while back I ran into a Burris Mini 6x AO and changed to that. Later I found another Burris without the AO and put the AO one on a .22, the new one on my Browning. Much of the attraction is the small size and light weight, and 6x is enough for most Hornet jobs I think.

Got a older Nikon Prostaff 2x7 on my CZ Hornet. Not going to be shooting over probably 200 yds. In fact, most shots 100 yds. or less, so plenty for me.












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I have a Leupold 6x compact on one of mine, and a 3-9x 42 Zeiss on the other. Both are good, I like carrying the 6x and like the precision of the 9x.

It depends on what you intend to do with your new Hornet. All my Hornets wear Leupold's, as do all my rifles. My "Hornet pick" is usually the Leupold 4-12X AO 40mm. Able to mount low over the bore, good magnification for under 100 yards stuff, and plenty for 250 yard work on squirrels, PD's, etc. I use mine primarily for rock chucks here, and it's good out to just over 250 with this arrangement.

Burris C4 3x9 on mine..........about perfect for the little gun IMO

Have had several Hornets over the years, both standard and K. Probably my favorite was 3-9x40 Burris FFII, which was great on close shots and longer shots, due to the Ballistic Plex reticle. Used it on a Ruger No. 1S for the several years, and the longest shot was 427 yards--though will admit that was an "expensive" dog, requiring around 3-4 shots. But the hit percentage was far higher out to around 250-300 yards.

2-7 Leupold's on both of my K-Hornets.

4-12 Leupold on a K.

I have a 6x36 Leupold on my 1885 Hornet.

Mine has an older Japanese Weaver 2-10x38.

Purchased a clean gloss 12X AO Leupold for my K hornet.
But being a Ruger #1B it aint gonna work w reg Ruger rings (need a longer scope).
I'll proly just slap a Burris 4.5-14X AO on it.
Its a heavy rifle so worthy of more Xs.

Yep!

Have owned several .22 Hornets, and a 3-9x or 3-10x with a "ballistic" reticle has always worked great out to 300 yards with modern loads using plastic-tipped 40s. In fact they have worked out to 427 yards on prairie dogs--though some of those were more "expensive dogs," requiring more than a few shots.....

After considerable anguish I determined that a Leupold V-Whatever-3 3.5-10 was the best fit for me on Number 1s without resorting to extension rings. That’s aside from other considerations I won’t tackle here.

My own Hornet, a Browning Low Wall, wears a Burris Mini 6x, which does all I need it to do and suits the little rifle nicely, since I’m not stretching its legs.

Old school gun with old school scope. Winchester 54 .22 K-Hornet (altered to such by Lyle Kilbourn himself), 8x Lyman Targetspot Junior. The rig way more than holds its own accuracy-wise - the best Hornet I've ever owned, and I've owned a bunch.

I put a Leupold 2.5-8x36mm VARI-X III on my Ruger 77/22 Hornet. I felt it was enough scope for the range of the Hornet. But 3.5-10 or 3-9 would work well!

Nice!

The Gloss 3.5-10xAO was a good all around scope.

Fotis: The 22 Hornet I shoot the most is a Ruger #1-B - I chose a Leupold 6x18 variable scope with fine Du-Plex reticle.
I am a big proponent of having LOTS of magnification (scope power) on Varmint type Rifles.
I can always turn the power down (like when I am using this rig as a "walking Varminter") but when in Colony Varmint situations I seldom reduce the power while shooting.
Good luck with whichever you choose - the 22 Hornet is a fun and economical cartridge.
Hold into the wind
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