Thread: Scope recommendation for rimfire silhouette shooting

Originally Posted by winaa

Thanks but a bit too much magnification and too fine a dot for me.

No worries. I used it for sils for a few years, have upgraded to a Leupold EFR with the same microdot. Found it way easier to shoot with than any other reticle, as it enabled me to focus on the target rather than the reticle.

6x really is too small for sils if you're keen at it, the larger magnification helps a lot. As well as breathing correctly

When I shot Hunter Class Silhouette many moons ago my club limited power @ 6x. Are there any current power limits on Hunter Class? On my Hunter Class I used a 2-7 AO Airgun scope with semi target turrets. Power was set on 6x and electical taped over the power ring. On my Open Class the industry standard was virtually Leupold 6.5-20 EFR Target Dot, a reasonable expensive scope. Gillie's suggestion for your Hunter Class would be a good solution.

Thanks not sure at national level but we have a gentleman's agreement of 6x to make it fair for everyone, especially when someone like me turns up with their possum gun with a 4x32.
@Gillie is your Bushnell mounted on a 22?
If so would you mind doing a test for me
Some other scopes I have in mind are a Redfield revolution 3-9x40 with Accurange reticle at $499 made by Leupold so may be a good choice.
And a Vortex crossfire II 3-9x40 with v-brite reticle at $399.