Scope advice for NRL22 competition rifle

[Roslyn]

I don't shoot NRL22 matches, so need some advice for a friend who is building a rifle for his son. He has a Vudoo barreled action, Triggertech Diamond trigger, believe it is mounted in an American Rifle Company Xylo chassis, -- so a nice rig. Plan is for the boy, now 14, to grow into it, and start by getting involved in NRL22 matches.

So which scope to mount? Price not particularly a concern, but relevance to NRL22 stages for sure is. I am guessing that targets from 25 yards out to 250 yards is the sweet spot, but would appreciate any recommendations you all may have that take advantage of your direct experience in these match formats.

Thanks in advance.

 

[oldrifleman]

Good gear deserves a great scope. Money no big concern 5-27 from ZCO, TT or Gen3 Vortex.

 

[Ruff 364]

Get the best glass he cannot afford...

 

[GIXXER2000]

Zeiss 6-36x56 used under 2k very good scope

 

[Criver600]

Nightforce 4X32 NX8 focus at 10 yards, more than enough scope for NRL22

 

[Rob01]

Price not particularly a concern

It’s always a concern so what is your price cap so people aren’t just throwing out scope brands?

 

[LuckyDuck]

I’ve shot NRL22 for a number of years now. Plenty of good options across all price points for sure.

The first few years I ran a Vortex Diamondback FFP on my 1st rig and it worked pretty dang well until I started to grow past it.

My 2nd rig has an Athlon Cronus G2 on it and I don’t have any complaints or apprehensions that the glass is holding back my scores.

As others have said- your question needs a bit more detail/refinement to help narrow down the answers you’ll receive to what is beneficial for your purposes.

With NRL22 in particular & without looking it up- I believe it boils down to option 1 (limited to 100 yards) or option 2 (limited to 200 yards) all of which can be covered using the diamondback reticle without any dialing needed.

If funds allow- by all means throw alpha glass on the rifle but I personally have some internal apprehension on putting a scope over a certain price point on rimfire myself and the Cronus is doing everything I need it to for matches exceeding the NRL22 limits.

Put another way- I’d love to have the NL Pures in my stable, and I have some pretty dang good binos & spotters now, but I keep grabbing my Bushnell match pros because they just seem to work exceedingly well for the given application

 

[mmlook]

best scope ive tried so far is the 7-35 tangent

most forgiving parallax ive found so far.
I've shot an entire NRL22 100yd monthly match without touching parallax

also shot a few NRL22X matches from 75-250yds and barely needed to touch parallax as well

this combined with the great turrets, glass, and reticle make it one of the best imo

 

[Roslyn]

Thank you all.

As to price, I told him a high end scope for PRS might run $6000, but that I couldn't speak to what might be sufficient for NRL22. His goal is to buy once and not worry about upgrading later. He can afford something at that level.

My question probably should have been more specific. Are there scopes you all recommend that work for very short range targets and still have enough magnification or field of view at whatever the NRL uses for longer distances.

His son does pheasant and duck hunting with his father, has shot a .308 out to 200 yards at their local range, so has some time behind firearms. Thought here was to get him set up with a rig he could shoot for several years as he makes his way into competitions and not be frustrated because the glass wasn't keeping up.

 

[Emerson0311]

I shoot a lot of Rimfire matches. I see a lot better with my Vortex Gen 3 Razor, thanks to Scott and Shamus, than I did before with cheaper optics.

 

[Rob01]

Well if he can afford a $6000 scope then have him go buy one. lol The rest of us poor will get by with our welfare scopes. lol

Seriously, at this point and even in the future he won’t need a $6000 scope to shoot .22 matches. There are plenty of scopes below that that people use that will let him shoot and learn over the next few years but if he can swing a TT 7-35 then have him buy him one. I am sure he will be happy with it.