Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires Help me scope my 77/22

I just picked up a Ruger from a fellow member here. Looking for scope suggestions for a handsome walnut stocked 22 LR.

I have an early 80s gloss Vari-x II in 3-9x40 but wondering if something a little smaller would be a better look, fit and function.

Will be using this for squirrels primarily.

I’d vote for a compact 2-7 gloss Leupold.

I have a 2-7x 32(?) on mine & like it. But most importantly, what power or physical size you choose, should should have have fixed parallax set for RF or if adjustable, it should go to 25 yds. IMO.
Well, unless you plan on doing all your shooting at a 100 yards & beyond.

I like the Leupold Rimfire compact 2-7X

4X is plenty

I'm a big fan of the 3-9x33 EFR's from Leupold...

That would be my choice too. I have one mounted to my 77/22 RSI and it sits nice and low to the barrel in Ruger rings. The Duplex crosshair is really fine compared to my other Leupolds and gunning a red squirrel last weekend in the top of a maple tree took me a bit to sort that crosshair out from the foliage. Being able to zoom up to 9x for a head shot was rather satisfying. A lot of the crew shoot rimfires farther than I do, so that EFR really focuses things and fixes parallax down to my usual 10-20 yard red squirrel range.

I have a 4.5-14 on mine just because that is what I had laying around at the time. If I were starting from scratch, a 2.5-8 or 2-7 would be nice. I might go with a 3-12 just to have a little extra power for shooting at paper from the bench.

Thanks everyone who has responded to this thread. I’ve enjoyed researching a lot of the scopes recommended here.

The bolt lift on those is very high, so you'll have to keep the ocular bell on the small side so that it clears.

I put El Paso Weaver K2.5's on most of my guns, including a 10/22. Easy enough to run sub MOA with all of them.

I would start out with that Vari-x II 3x9 that you already have. Give it a try. You might be happy with that. Its a pretty nice scope. I had one on a .22 years ago and it worked just fine for me.

I like the Weaver Classic RV9 rimfire. Discontinued now I think. I see them for sale though at shows and online.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1009772933

It’s been said that the Clearidge line of similar scopes are nearly identical and made by the same Japanese company. I’ve not compared them personally

This is the answer IMO. If you find that parallax is excessive then do a search for the thread on how to adjust the parallax yourself. It is simple to do and only takes about 5 minutes, the beauty of is that you can set the parallax for your most used distance and be good to go.

drover

I need one of those rifles.

I have a 2-7 on mine. I would give the scope you have a try. I think the gloss scopes go well with the Ruger bluing and walnut.

EVERY scope cited thus far,is a piece of fhuqking schit,if you actually shoot. Hint.

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Hey toots .... I'm sure those guys will do just fine with their scope of choice.

I'd put a Redfield Revo 2-7 on mine if I had one.

SuperKchunt,

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Start a Thread,if you ever go Outdoors and "shoot" same. Hint.



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