AusVarmint

Fellas im keen to get into rimfire metalic silly wets..... i have an old krico .22lr on the way (should be here next week), what power scope would you guy's recommend?? and what does the shoot consist of??? eg: distances, number of rounds per serial, target sizes.....

any help appreciated

cheers BB

Sorry i can't help you out Buff as i shoot BR these days. Some-one who shoots moving targets will help you out i'm sure. Last time i shot silhouette, i used a Browning U/O. It worked for me. One shot gets five animals. Perfect score every time made it no challenge and i just walked away from it. A scope would have been just too easy. Mind you, the rams at a 100m would have been a little easier to see.

Tony Z.

before buying a scope it would be a good idea to check with your local club or range and see if they have any restriction on scope power for the disciplines you will be shooting
cheers

Over the years, the Weavers, as well as Leupys have been popular

BB,the chickens are at 40m then pigs at 60m then turkeys at 77m then rams at 100m.
.... sorry mate but there's no wonkeys in silly wets
I 've used a 6-18 leupy but only on the lower magnifications ( bigger the picture the bigger the wobble)
There's probably a SSAA web page describing the animal sizes & match format, I've shot it a few times for fun!
I've shot the center fire match with my m96 swede service rifle several times & it's a ripper shoot
rams at 500m ..... farken bwedty!!
cheers Mort

look up sir snipealots posts he can get you a practice set of targets for reasonable $$

later
P

A GOOD scope, eg Leupold, because you are constantly adjusting it, in the 6.5-20 power range will serve you well, it is an advantage to get one with 10 or more minutes elevation per turn of the knob, ie:less than one turn from your chicken to ram settings, saves a hell of a lot of convusion and lost targets.
When setting up your scope make sure you have enough elevation to get to 100 metres, you might have to adjust the rings to do it.
Dot reticles are good for silhouette as long as they are not too small, 3/8 minute is ok 1/2 minute is better & 5/8 is not too big, 1/4 min or less is no good, you need one that is easy to see especially when the light is not ideal.

Hi BB,

The site for the rules is:

http://www.ssaa.org.au/newssaa/discipli ... ouette.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Morerams is on the money with his scope advice. I use a Nikko Nighteater 6-24 x 50, and find 10x suits me. A bit of time on the range working out the sight adjustments for the different targets is very useful. I normally have my rifle set for pigs, then have the number of clicks (down for chickens and up for turkeys and rams) written down. Set yours from whatever starting point suits you, but do write it down. How you want to deal with windage on the day is up to you.

You get 2 and a half minutes per bank of 5 targets, and you'll be surprised that although it may seem a bit rushed the first couple of times, you'll soon find it is enough time.

Good luck! I'm sure you'll have fun. It is very gratifying knocking rams over, or sending chickens flying!

curan

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