WINSTON THE WOLF wrote
, I think I am going to go with a scope. To help pin point my shots. All I see is a black spot at 25 yards. Yeah getting older sucks!!
You think getting old sucks? Try the alternative!
For all intent and purposes, all you NEED to see at 25 OR 50 yards is the front sight; the bullseye SHOULD be a black blob, or you're focusing on the wrong thing.
As unintuitive as it sounds, the target is NOT where you should be looking - if you're using iron sights, focus on the front sight, and if you're using a dot, focus on the dot. Ignore the target, it has darned little to do with your score, believe it or not.
The real problem with using an un-scoped P22 is that the sights are only very roughly adjustable for elevation, and the elevation setting changes between the long and short lines. The adjustment isn't much, because on a properly sighted-in pistol, the bullet is still climbing at 25 yards, and sinking at 50. The highest point in it's trajectory is somewhere around 40 yards in BE shooting. I generally RAISE the sights when changing from 50 yards to 25 yards by about two clicks on my dot - other dots and other guns vary in how much adjustment is needed.
From what I hear most red don't don't have magnification. And the gun club is going to be switching to 50 yards soon. I have been looking at Weaver, Bushnell, and Simmons handgun scopes.
But for a scope I can also use on my bigger revolvers.
The members shoot an average of 850 to 875 out of 900 points. Where I shoot. So I need all the help I can get.
Honestly, if you're going to get seriously into Bulls Eye shooting, you really are going to be much better served by buying a pistol that has a trigger that can be worked on. The P22 trigger just isn't going to get you into Expert or Master territory no matter how much you spend on a scope or Eley Tenex ammo, or anything else. And magnified scopes are prohibited by the rules, so you're not going to get any help in that department.
As far as taking a scope off your BE pistol and putting in on a big revolver, I'd advise against it. You certainly CAN scope a revolver, and when it comes time to do so, I suggest you just buy another scope.
I shot a personal best 832 with my Browning Buck Mark last winter (with a trigger job and a few other mods you can read about on rimfirecentral), and since "graduating" to a High Standard Victor, I've bumped that up to 847 - and yes, I use a dot. I DID break 800 with iron sights, and at my age (55), I can't rely on my eyes s much as I used to.
Several of the folks at my club too shoot in the Master-to -High Master territory on a regular basis, and it's downright funny to hear them whine about their rare shot in the eight ring
All the best,
Rob
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