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Offline NimrodRx

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Which power for 22-250?
« on: March 10, 2005, 08:45:28 PM »
I  have owned a Ruger M77 22-250 for probably going on 15 yrs now.  When I bought it, I was primarily decapitating woodchucks on my dad's farm at ranges rarely exceeding 200-250 yds.  

Because I spent more than I could really afford on the gun, I topped it off with a low priced 3X9 Charles Daily scope.  

After replacing the trigger with a 3lb pull Timney, I've decided it's time to upgrade the optics too.  

I've kinda settled on the Mueller.  Again, the price is right (about a week ago I picked up a 16 ga Citori that I probably shouldn't have.... that set me back), but I'm hearing that these scopes are of great quality.

My question is this.  Bearing in mind, that someday I hope to take this rig out west to knock off some prarie dogs, which power should I go with?  I still want to be able to pop the 150 yrd woodchuck on pop's farm too.

Mueller 4X16 sport dot  OR the Eraticator?????
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Which power for 22-250?
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2005, 03:06:43 AM »
No experience with Mueller here, but I find 16x is all I need on my .22-250. More power is fine on the target range, but can be hard to use out in the field.
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Which power for 22-250?
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2005, 11:58:12 AM »
I have several prairie dog guns and they all wear variables in the 6x-20x range, or some thing close. I hardly ever use one out in the dog towns set over 10-11x. Any higher than that and you have trouble finding the dogs in your scope. Also the weight of your rifle will affect how high you set your power. You don't want the dog leaving your scope from recoil after the shot or you won't be able to tell how close your shot was or how to adjust fire. If you can't keep the object your shooting at in your scope after you fire the shot then you'll need to back off your scope.  KN
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