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I would be hunting squirrels and shooting targets at 100 to 150 yards max. What you need to worry most about in a scope for squirrel hunting and shooting targets with a rimfire to 150 yds is an erector with extreme range and the ability to track repeatedly. I cant tell you how many times I was frustrated with my scopes not tracking while hunting bushytails. I am sure I am not alone here, right? Good glass & the ability safely acquire target (and beyond) in varying light and multiple angles is tertiary to the ability to hold zero when dialing from 20 yards to 70 yards and then back to 40 yards. Dontcha know. Hint. ...., I've been shooting 100 - 150 squirrels a year for almost 50 years. My main squirrel rifles wear 2-7x and 4x scopes. No dialing, no AO, most shots between 10 and 50 yards. No need for anything more. My rifles will shoot dime size 5 shot groups at 50 yards with these scopes. I rarely miss. If I'm wanting to shoot anything bigger than squirrels or cottontails or anything past 75 yards, I'll take one of my .22 magnums. Beyond that, my .223, .22-250 or .243 come out to play. Yeah, but what's a guy like you really know about squirrel hunting? I bet you dont even put colored electrical tape on your squirrel guns. You probably dont even have any photos of 4 guns laying in a creek. ... hint...... , For some strange reason I've never felt a need to soak any of my rifles in a creek. I'm sure I'm missing out on something by this omission but I'm not knowledgeable enough to know what it is. Until recently I had thought I knew quite a bit about killing deer at close range in heavy cover and what equipment was best suited to that task, having done it with a wide variety of arms and sighting equipment many scores of times over the past several decades. Thank God somebody here made me aware that I'd need to have killed moose and bears and buffalos and shyt all over the globe to be even remotely well versed on the subject and certainly couldn't be considered any kind of authority without that world wide experience backing me up. Therefore, I must conclude that I probably don't know shyt about squirrels and squirrel rifles either and anything I have to say on the subject should be taken with a huge bucket full of salt.
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”For some strange reason I've never felt a need to soak any of my rifles in a creek.”
Clearly, you lack that artist’s “eye”. Water gurgling over fiberglass and steel is very artsy-fartsy.
Me, I’m happy if I manage to not fall in the creek…
What fresh Hell is this?
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I like creeks. Was wading in one this morning with the dogs. They like them too. Clearly none of us knows shyt about creeks.
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I been up Shyt Creek a time or two….
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