I've been a fan of iron sight shooting but have decided to put a scope onto a 10/22 for grins and giggles (and to hopefully shoot a bit more accurately ).
I'm also putting together a build list for a .308 that I'd like to use to go out further.
At this point, I am the apex predator of paper and cardboard. The Nikon P5 3-12x42 caught my eye over their rimfire specific 3-9x40 for two reasons:
2 more mm of light gathering at the front optic and a higher max magnification. These two things might be mildly helpful for rimfire shooting but I can see them being more worth it in the future if I move the scope over to the .308.
The question is: would this be too much overkill in the meantime? Would you get the cheaper rimfire scope or get a better optic that you can repurpose down the line?
Choices...choices...
I'm also putting together a build list for a .308 that I'd like to use to go out further.
At this point, I am the apex predator of paper and cardboard. The Nikon P5 3-12x42 caught my eye over their rimfire specific 3-9x40 for two reasons:
2 more mm of light gathering at the front optic and a higher max magnification. These two things might be mildly helpful for rimfire shooting but I can see them being more worth it in the future if I move the scope over to the .308.
The question is: would this be too much overkill in the meantime? Would you get the cheaper rimfire scope or get a better optic that you can repurpose down the line?
Choices...choices...