My club has 5 single shot bolt rifles, grooved receiver, with 50 y/o scopes on them. They've gotten a lot of abuse over the years. Something with bigger eye piece would help. Any suggestion for replacements?

If they are for kids to learn with, receiver sights might be a good place to start. Teach them to shoot properly before sinking into the decadence.

we have 2 Marlin 2000 with adj stocks and receiver sights. we're talking about kids that may shoot 2-3 times a year or kids just trying for Pop's sake.

OK, What about a Leupold VX-1 2-7 or even one of the Redfields? I have put old German scopes on our .22s and love them - but you do not need to sew fly buttons on flies.

biggest problem is the range is only 50ft. most scopes are 50yd focus or parallax

Some scopes for air rifles might be better. I think Webley, Walther and other firms sell such things.

I may just go with red dots with auto off feature

I put Barska 2.5x fixed power scopes on my kids' .22 bolt rifle and 10/22. Both are usually shot at 25yd or less and seem fairly clear at those distances.

Look at the Hawke scopes. I put one on a RWS air rifle and it seems to be pretty decent. It focuses down to what you need.

I would recommend taking a look at the Clearidge Ultra RM Scopes . Parallax adjustment down to 10yards.

I'm looking for cheap fixed power 50ft. scopes for cheap 22 chipmunk style rifles. Some of what I found are really poorly made.

1" tube with large eyepiece is a plus. Judging by my failure to find many/any, I'm guessing that it's a very small market.

The current scopes are 3/4" with grooved rail mount and tiny eyepieces.

I loathe cheap scopes, but that is mostly because they attempt to put too much magnification into a ridiculously large variable monstrosity.

On the other hand, most small, cheap fixed power scopes are quite acceptable in optics and physical integrity. I've used either 2.5 or 4X Chinese scopes (different brands -- mostly from the same manufacturer, I suspect) very successfully on kids' rimfires. BSA and similar brands work just fine.

Don't worry about parallax error -- it is negligible at short distances and besides, it only occurs when the eye is placed differently for each shot.

I am a firm beliver that a kid should learn to shoot barrel mounted iron sights before going to a peep or a scope. I'm greatful that my early life with spent with a mod. 63 Win. with irons and a Iron sighted win. 94 in 25-35..I see guys today that cannot shoot iron sights, never have and they are completely baffaled by those that do!!

In the tradition of competitive humility, Atkinson, I learned to shoot with a 1904 Winchester single-shot, also with open sights, my father had found abandoned in a wattle-and-daub hut. He used to shoot most of his rabbits with .22 shorts and his idea of a target was a fired case stuck into a bullet hole about 10 yards away.

It was all a bit second-rate but I was a better shot then than I am now.

I agree about iron sights. but.....

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Originally posted by richj:
we have 2 Marlin 2000 with adj stocks and receiver sights. we're talking about kids that may shoot 2-3 times a year or kids just trying for Pop's sake.