Added a crutch to the Ruger

[Will]

Been planning to only hunt with a revolver for several years now. I’ve killed a lot of does with the iron sights but I don’t have much confidence outside of 60 yards.

Yesterday I found a deal on a Leupold M8-2X EER scope. Decided this might help me get confident out to 100yds faster.

I’m not crazy about how it looks but maybe it will grow on me.

https://imgur.com/jOCxEcJ

 

[Ian]

Looks good to me. Main thing is you found a way to keep using it as your wine ages.

 

[RKJ]

I like how it looks, but it's not mine either. I'd say it will get you your hundred yards though.

 

[Will]

I loaded up some 255gr rnfp with 11gr of unique to get used to it and get the scope close.
After that I plan to move on to my go to 44 bullet for hunting the lee 430-310.

 

[fiver]

if you can see through the scope I bet you'll like it after playing with it some.

 

[Rick]

I'm not exactly excited with the looks of a fine revolver with a scope myself but after reality finally set in most of mine now wear a red dot.

 

[Brad]

I like my scoped handguns. Much easier to shoot well off the bench.
My biggest issue is the variance in magnification. My target is magnified say 4X but my wobble is magnified 12X.
Anyone else have that problem?

 

[Winelover]

Have the same scope. Tried it out for deer hunting, when my eyes were a lot younger..............removed it, pronto. Don't count on being able to see your game, let alone the cross-hairs the first half hour and the last half hour, of legal shooting time. That is prime hunting time. You lose the low light capability with any long eye relief scope............. and it gets worse with increased magnification.

I switched to a red dot sight, on all my hunting handguns and bows. Haven't let me down, yet. My rifles/carbines have lighted recticles.

 

[Rick]

I like my scoped handguns. Much easier to shoot well off the bench.
My biggest issue is the variance in magnification. My target is magnified say 4X but my wobble is magnified 12X.
Anyone else have that problem?

Brad, how many times have I told you . . . That revolver is not a chicken and NO you cannot choke it to death. The tighter you squeeze anything the more your hand will shake. Sound familiar?

 

[Brad]

I have a mild inherited tremor that makes it difficult to hold perfectly still at any level of grip.
I have just learned to work thru it.

 

[S Mac]

I hope the scope works for you Will. The only handgun scopes I have are on Contender barrels, not to bad on a bench but are sure tough to line up to see through offhand. Maybe it's just me.

 

[Winelover]

I loaded up some 255gr rnfp with 11gr of unique to get used to it and get the scope close.
After that I plan to move on to my go to 44 bullet for hunting the lee 430-310.

Just keep in mind, those 300+ grain bullets will shoot 8"-12" high.............compared to those 255 grainers.

 

[358156 hp]

I'm working on my plans for joining the International Brotherhood of the Red Dot as well. I also have a bit of hand shake too, so I'll be starting out with the lighter weight red dot sights to save weight.

 

[hc18flyer]

I have a similar goal with my BH 45 Colt. I went a different direction, not good for 100 yards though? It is a 2 moa dot, seems fine for me.

 

[Ian]

I prefer UltraDot optics for wheelguns. Any magnification screws with my depth perception, keeping both eyes open, wiggles, and light transmission.

 

[Winelover]

Trijicon's on my 44's.

 

[Winelover]

I prefer UltraDot optics for wheelguns. Any magnification screws with my depth perception, keeping both eyes open, wiggles, and light transmission.

Have a couple of UltraDots. One on a 45 Colt Blackhawk and one on a TC 54 caliber Renegade. They aren't bad, except for having to manually adjust the dot brightness setting and deal with batteries.

 

[Will]

I’ll be honest I was planning on going with and ultradot until I seen how much their price had gone up. Then while I still had sticker shock I ran across this Leupold for sale for $100.
I figured I would give it a try and if I hate it I’ll just order a ultradot.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

I had Leupolds on my Colt and Ruger hunting revolvers for many years. Before that contenders wore optics. In the last 5-8 years I have been using open sites on a Glock20. Last year I took that colt out as our state changed laws recently allowing handgun hunting but only with revolvers and single shots. I didnt like the weight and bulk the optics caused. I switched to red dots. I have also been doing allot of steel matches and my carbine has a red dot. I find with a good 1/2minute dot very good groups out past 100 are not difficult at all. Limits of hunting range with a red dot are mostly in the shooters head. You simply cannot do it with a big fat speed dot. Ya need a small sharp dot.

 

[Winelover]

Half minute dot? Never ran across one. Smallest dot that I know of, was a 1 MOA "Special Forces" dot offered by Trijicon. That particular reflex is the one that is pictured on my Marlin 1894. Long since discontinued. Last year, I sent it back to Trijicon for re-lamping. Surprised they were able to do it. I have another one with a chevron reticle, that also takes glow sticks. They were unable to re-lamp it. They replaced it with a brand new one with a 12.9 MOA dot..................returned the reflex with the chevron. Even though, it lost it's low light capability, it's still functional for normal light conditions.

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Two minute dots are hard to find, most are in the 4 MOA range............IIRC, that's what the standard UltraDot has.