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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ewheeley" data-source="post: 1056353" data-attributes="member: 10387">Just a quick response and clarification to everyone who's contradicted me since I quit reading this thread...The OP was looking for something in the range of 4.5-14x40mm. NOT a 4x32mm. I'm using Cabelas, for ease of use not price, and the only Nikon they have at 4.5-14x40mm is a Buckmaster for $300. I know for a fact that you do need to pay a certain premium to put good glass on a gun. Otherwise, optics makers like Leupold wouldn't exist. But my statement earlier was in relation to the topic of the thread. The OP wanted to know how much is too much scope on a 22lr. When I see that question, I consider price as well as power. At a certain point, like when your scope costs twice as much as your .22, you've reached that "too much" point. Now, I may see this differently because I use my .22 to hunt, not to target shoot. I personally cannot see the value in buying a top dollar scope just so that I can shoot at a stationary target all day. I realize that I should have said "There's no reason to buy a Nikon or a Leupold...for a .22".This is just my $0.02, but if I'm going big game hunting out west and I need clear, reliable glass to make a 400 yard shot and justify spending $5000 on a hunt, then I'll put up the money to buy a nice scope. But if I'm going plinking just for the fun of it, I'm willing to accept a small margin of error in return for paying 10% of the price.</blockquote>

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