This is an update re my quest for a close range sight for my abnormal eyes, with review of a one power open reflex sight I'm trying. It's a mixed bag but suspect that it is my best option till somebody makes the scope I need. After eye disease and five surgeries, it's my eyes, not the optics.
I shoot fine at most big game ranges, but can't see nor hit the close stuff through any scope I've tried. For 40 years I shot grouse with a .22 using open irons, 2-7 and 3-9 scopes, etc. None of those work FOR MY EYES anymore. I tried a Bushnell 2-7 with parallax adjustable to 10 yards and everything was blurry at five yards. I shoot a lot of grouse at 5 yards.
I bought a Center Point open reflex sight, one power, red dot option. Fun to shoot targets. Not so great for hunting, though I am getting better with it. From 15 yards to 40 yards it has worked well, including a string of six grouse in six shots.
My dozen misses have been at 12 feet, 16 feet, 18 feet etc. (4-8 yards). I've missed all but one under 25 feet and that one was hit far from where I aimed.
Mounted as low as possible, this sight still requires me to lift my head from the rifle comb in order to see the red dot. I suspect that my close misses are due to parallax error from not getting a consistent cheek weld (I use my chin) and so not having my eye in the same place every shot. My research indicates that parallax is more severe the closer the range, and the higher the magnification. I am tinkering with a homemade comb riser, and if that solves it, maybe I will stay with it since it is fun to put the red dot on a grouse.
Two other disappointments I have with the open reflex sight:
1. The open reflex needs a lid on it for our rain. Had my brain been in gear I'd have bought a tube type red dot sight.
2. Glare is a serious problem for the open reflex at many sun angles.
What I'd really like is a 1-4 variable scope with parallax adjustment to five yards.
I shoot fine at most big game ranges, but can't see nor hit the close stuff through any scope I've tried. For 40 years I shot grouse with a .22 using open irons, 2-7 and 3-9 scopes, etc. None of those work FOR MY EYES anymore. I tried a Bushnell 2-7 with parallax adjustable to 10 yards and everything was blurry at five yards. I shoot a lot of grouse at 5 yards.
I bought a Center Point open reflex sight, one power, red dot option. Fun to shoot targets. Not so great for hunting, though I am getting better with it. From 15 yards to 40 yards it has worked well, including a string of six grouse in six shots.
My dozen misses have been at 12 feet, 16 feet, 18 feet etc. (4-8 yards). I've missed all but one under 25 feet and that one was hit far from where I aimed.
Mounted as low as possible, this sight still requires me to lift my head from the rifle comb in order to see the red dot. I suspect that my close misses are due to parallax error from not getting a consistent cheek weld (I use my chin) and so not having my eye in the same place every shot. My research indicates that parallax is more severe the closer the range, and the higher the magnification. I am tinkering with a homemade comb riser, and if that solves it, maybe I will stay with it since it is fun to put the red dot on a grouse.
Two other disappointments I have with the open reflex sight:
1. The open reflex needs a lid on it for our rain. Had my brain been in gear I'd have bought a tube type red dot sight.
2. Glare is a serious problem for the open reflex at many sun angles.
What I'd really like is a 1-4 variable scope with parallax adjustment to five yards.