scope for a .22 S&W revolver w/6"
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The specialist
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Sell the Smith and get something else 
Be aware that scoping a handgun presents two special problems:
1) It's hard to hold a handgun steadily, so finding the target in a high magnification scope can be difficult.
2) Generally, the more magnification you get, the less eye relief you'll have. It's hard to shoot a handgun held ten inches from your face!
For those reasons, I prefer a non-magnifying red dot sight (such as an Aimpoint, UltraDot or Millet) to a scope for most handgun applications. If I wanted to make head shots on squirrels, I'd probably try something like a high-end Tasco scope of about 4x power.
1) It's hard to hold a handgun steadily, so finding the target in a high magnification scope can be difficult.
2) Generally, the more magnification you get, the less eye relief you'll have. It's hard to shoot a handgun held ten inches from your face!
For those reasons, I prefer a non-magnifying red dot sight (such as an Aimpoint, UltraDot or Millet) to a scope for most handgun applications. If I wanted to make head shots on squirrels, I'd probably try something like a high-end Tasco scope of about 4x power.
Specialist, give it a rest.
First, what's wrong with continuing to own and love a gun that was made and bought in the pre-"sellout" days of S&W?
Sure, ordering a brand new S&W from the factory may be distasteful to your sensabilities,
but there is absolutely NOTHING WRONG with continuing to purchase used S&W's from dealers and private parties.
So, please leave your inflammatory comments elsewhere, or if you don't have anything helpful to contribute, don't bother posting.
I realize by the smiley face that what you typed may have been intended as kidding, but it still is a bit abrasive.
No hard feelings, okay?
Anywho, on one of my K-22's (that I love and will keep forever) I scoped it with a Weaver 2.5-8x, with adjustable parallax.
I think it was about $200.
Very nice sharp picture, and decent eye-relief.
However, at 8X the eye-relief is a bit shorter, and the visual cone is smaller so it's easy to lose the picture if you move your head.
Not really a problem off the bench, but in the woods hunting I would limit myself to 2.5 or 3X so I don't lose sight of the game.
Close eye-relief with a .22 isn't a problem, but if you're shooting a .357 or .44 you'll want the scope as far from your eyes as possible.
I have used the Weaver #401 base on this gun and others.
It works fine. The only reason I switched to a Leupold ring/mount pair is that it looked better.
But, that's personal preference and most people go with the Weaver as it is $7.95 for the mount, and $14.95 for the rings.
The Leupold set was $60.
Other adequate-to-good scopes include the Bushnell handgun scopes (for calibers <.357), Burris, Leupold, and Pentax.
Sorry, if I omitted your favorite brand, I only listed those I've had personal experience with.
Hope this helped, -Kframe
First, what's wrong with continuing to own and love a gun that was made and bought in the pre-"sellout" days of S&W?
Sure, ordering a brand new S&W from the factory may be distasteful to your sensabilities,
but there is absolutely NOTHING WRONG with continuing to purchase used S&W's from dealers and private parties.
So, please leave your inflammatory comments elsewhere, or if you don't have anything helpful to contribute, don't bother posting.
I realize by the smiley face that what you typed may have been intended as kidding, but it still is a bit abrasive.
No hard feelings, okay?
Anywho, on one of my K-22's (that I love and will keep forever) I scoped it with a Weaver 2.5-8x, with adjustable parallax.
I think it was about $200.
Very nice sharp picture, and decent eye-relief.
However, at 8X the eye-relief is a bit shorter, and the visual cone is smaller so it's easy to lose the picture if you move your head.
Not really a problem off the bench, but in the woods hunting I would limit myself to 2.5 or 3X so I don't lose sight of the game.
Close eye-relief with a .22 isn't a problem, but if you're shooting a .357 or .44 you'll want the scope as far from your eyes as possible.
I have used the Weaver #401 base on this gun and others.
It works fine. The only reason I switched to a Leupold ring/mount pair is that it looked better.
But, that's personal preference and most people go with the Weaver as it is $7.95 for the mount, and $14.95 for the rings.
The Leupold set was $60.
Other adequate-to-good scopes include the Bushnell handgun scopes (for calibers <.357), Burris, Leupold, and Pentax.
Sorry, if I omitted your favorite brand, I only listed those I've had personal experience with.
Hope this helped, -Kframe
I have had good luck with my Leupold 2X model on a S@W .22 revolver. I once tried a 4X scope by Simmons and it is just too hard to hold or too find the target. In my opinion 2X is the max, maginification for all around use. The Leupold has a good long eye relief and is very rugged. They are not cheap scopes but will last forever on a .22.