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Looking for suggestion on a scope for my 222 Remington.

Yes,,, I suggest putting one on it.


Kidding of course.

I'm a Leupold guy but there's something for everyone's likes and/or budget out there.

Depends allot of the intended use for the rifle.

I've never owned a Zeiss scope but the bino's I have will suck your eyes out of your head. There's some smoking deals on their 3-9 Conquest's out there right now. Somewhere around $299 IIRC. Might be worth a look for a general hunting scope.

Like FieldGrade said your intended purpose should dictate your scope selection. My current 222 wears a 6.5-20x40mm and is used for colony varmints, and targets, small targets big scope. My last 222 wears a 1-3x20mm, it was on an O/U combo gun used for coyote hunting, larger targets. In the hands of a new owner it accounted for two turkeys and six coyotes this spring so it seems to be about perfect for the intended use also.

Smaller power scope usually have a larger FOV which works well for called coyotes and are more than accurate enough for coyotes out to the effective range of a 222.

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What they said.

I use my deuce for general purpose varminting so it ( they) have a 3x9 on top.

Mine is an older 721 and it looked goofy with a full sized scope on the small action.
I put a Burris Timberline 4.5-14 on and am happy with the optic and the proportions.

A 721 in a .222?????

Easy,,,,, you're slobbering on your shirt.....


I too have a 4.5-14 on mine. I shoot a few Ground Squirrels with it but mostly Rock Chucks where the shots can be a bit longer.
Doesn't matter though. I can't hit chit past 200 anyway.

It aint that...its just that I never heard of one.......

A 721 would lave plenty of room to seat the bullets long, for sure.

I had a 722 in the duece and while right much of a club, it was one of the most accurate factory rifles I ever owned

real deuces have bent bolt handles and wear cheap redfield 2-7x scopes....

Gotcha,,,, I have a hard time remembering which one's a long or short action.
A long action 222 would be,,, ahhhh,,, different.

Real Deuces have a magnum after the 222 and a Swarovski Z-5 3.5-18 scope with a BRX reticle on top...

Huntsman, Nice dogleg! 600 or 660?
My current duece is a 660, I'd love to find one of those B&C stocks for it. It's a shooter but the stock feels like a 2x4

Huntsman's 222 is the real definition of a "Walking Varminter." Very nice set-up.

dude, 600. johnny, shraps magnums are the real defininition of 'bench me, I'm too purty to carry'.....

Here is a couple carry guns that will spank the gel and black stuff. The 222 weighs in at just over 6 pounds, scope included. The mag carbine a bit over that, but still probably lighter than you expect. Both are minute of gopher for as far as you can shoot. Never scrimp on the optics, you won't be sorry...

do you ever scrimp? on anything?

Sorry for the brain fart, it's a 722!

Thanks

The rifle will be used mainly for paper targets and the odd gopher shoot. Maybe if I can get the barns TSX to shoot out of it I might use it for a doe hunt.

Then I'd go for something in the 3-12, 4.5-14 range.
Good field of view for hunting and plenty of power out to 222 ranges.
Mirage becomes a bitch over 14X on a field gun anyway.