Red dot scopes, which brand is bad, which is ok, which is best?

[His lordship.]

Thinking of putting a red dot type scope on my 10/22.  I have looked at the BSA, but I know that BSA is on the cheap side, any other affordable brands that you guys would suggest on a semi-auto .22 rifle?


I plan to use the gun for casual target shooting and as a backup rifle for crow hunting that could be used on crows that are out of range for my shotgun.

Thanks.

[woodchukhntr]

I havre a Bushnell 1" dia. on my 870 12 ga. and have had no problems shooting slugs.  Have also had Tasco Pro-Points on a .44 mag. revolver and a couple of .22 pistols with no problems.

[eye shot]

My 454 ate a Simmons up in five rounds. IMO AimPoint is one of the best.

[torpedoman]

I have a couple of the simmons on rimfires and they work fine Just took one off a 22mag  only because i found an old scope with a long tail behind the turret  that gives proper eye relief (this can be a problem on some old guns) after a couple of bricks thru it the bullets were still hitting under the dot from 25 to 100 yds. so it must be doing something right.

[gooser]

I use a BSA on my mossberg 835 slug gun. I shoot 3" slugs and have not had any problems with it ever.
 The only problem I have noticed is when it a bright sunny day,the dot can be hard to see.....even when set at 10.       

[BBF]

 I have a 50mm BSA and it is a waste of $ regardless of the low price.  If you move your head, the Dot moves. You would have to glue your chin or cheek on the stock to get the same zero.

[poncaguy]

Only one I had go bad was a Tasco Solar...................junk...................my best have been Bushnell's

[JBlk]

I have a Tasco aimpoint on a 870 that I sighted in fifteen or twenty years ago and it still shoots to the point of aim with no other adjustments.It is the easiest scope to use on a running deer that I have ever used.I have a Barnett red dot that has only made eight or ten trips to the field and it is already junk.