gerrycaruso
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I've had good luck with Simmons on rimfires but I'd get 2 scopes. I have a 10-22 and a Savage .17HMR. The trajectory of the 2 is very different. Swapping the scope and re zeroing each time is too much BS for me.
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Coyote, was wondering if you bought the Simmons scope, and if so, what you thought of it?
I am in the same boat as you, interested in weight and clarity and will concede the variable zoom to get it.
Ha. Google almost did a full circle. Brought me back to NES, and an old post of mine (for same rifle!).
Simmons .22 mag versus Simmons 8 Point 25%off
Now there are 3 model numbers to choose from:
561022
511022
510514
Anyone?
Happened to me yesterday.Ha. Google almost did a full circle. Brought me back to NES, and an old post of mine (for same rifle!).
LTFY.Now there are 3 model numbers to choose from:
561022
511022
510514
Well, poking around at https://www.simmonsoptics.com/riflescopes/22_mag.aspx , I'm guessing that 561022 is an old product number and that 511022 is the corresponding current product. Whether it's still exactly the same product, I don't know. It seems that the newer one is less expensive.
New old stockNOS?
The right reticle....that is the question.It's in my "cart". I usually wait until there's enough to get free shipping. I think there is now, and I will pull the trigger on that tonight. I think I had the wrong one in there at first, then the right one without the rings.
Here's what I have now. Is the "Truplex" the right reticle?:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EHUE00/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
Heck could even be bootleg simmons scope.!I know, right? So, if you can't trust the picture, is any of the Amazon product correct? THIS is why I buy stuff online only maybe twice a year.
I know alot of people with simmons scopes.Scopes for that money usually give the rest of your guns creep AIDS in the safe. I wouldn't buy a single scope ring for that kinda dough. I don't care what anyone says, if you want to hit shit and your optic to last longer than 250 rounds, you need something better. End of fairy tale.
+1
Bought my Simmons 22 mag for under $30. Its holds zero, has great glass for its price range, haven't had any fogging issues in all kinds of weather, and for $30 or less if you don't like it your not out lot of cash. I'd be surprised if you didn't like it though.
I've taken mine out to 200 yards(50yard zero) and was able to consistently hit a 12 inch steel plate from bench. It doesn't have hold overs, but once you get the Kentucky windage right, you can keep hitting all day long.
Hunting at long distance with 22lr is not fun. Honestly other than wide open space I dont think I would see 22lr size game much past 50.Yeah, I wouldn’t recommend shooting 22lr out to 200 yards often, but it can be done and is fun occasionally. That being said I would agree with you that I would never hunt at anywhere close to that range with a 22lr. It just wouldn’t be accurate enough and the ballistics would make for a very messy kill or most likely an even worse injury.
(I wonder what miracle substance they cheap out onJust go to nearest walmart or gun shop and buy any $30 4X scope none are really better/worse than the others and if you put several side by side they are the same. Plastic/thin aluminum with plastic guts . Often the glass is plastic too.
I have the ugly feeling that people crushing scope tube is a real thing.One thing many have not keyed in on.
Just becareful when tightening the rings 15inlb is about all you need. Its easy to squish these cheap thin tubes this can keep the turrets from adjusting
Sounds like you get a deer every time you look through the scope.I have a Winchester 1200 12 gauge I bought from a fellow NES'er several years back, and it came with a Simmons shotgun scope already mounted. The previous owner said he'd taken countless deer with that gun, and I've already taken three deer with it.
Sounds like you get a deer every time you look through the scope.