I shoot only pistols these days and only 5 to 25 yards at my backyard range. Some plinking, some silhouette, and some bullseye targets. I am moving away from iron sights as my old eyes get older and I am shooting red dots mostly. However, for kicks I tried a cheap Winchester 4X air gun scope on one of my pistols (about $40) and since it is a rifle scope I am using the Taco hold, or resting on a monopod with my eye close to the ocular lens.
This has been great fun and now I want to get a better scope with clearer and brighter glass. Still want it to be no more than $250, but I only want to pay for better glass, not for other features I will not use, like illuminated reticles, complex reticles, locking turrets, etc. Most important is that it is parallax adjustable down to 10 yards or less, and be very small and light. I am not looking for a true pistol scope with extended eye relief.
Everything I find is either too large and heavy or does not adjust down to such a close range. One I did find was the UTG CQB BugBuster IR 3-9 X 32. It is light and small and adjusts down to 3 yards. It has a lot of bells and whistles I don't want but I can live with that if I have to. Two questions.
1. Is the glass on this likely to be a bit better than my cheap Winchester? It is only $139 at Airgun Depot so it can't have great glass but I do want some improvement over what I have. Internet reviews are iffy on it, saying things like it is pretty good for the price.
2. Any other rifle scopes that come to mind with decent glass and small size?
This has been great fun and now I want to get a better scope with clearer and brighter glass. Still want it to be no more than $250, but I only want to pay for better glass, not for other features I will not use, like illuminated reticles, complex reticles, locking turrets, etc. Most important is that it is parallax adjustable down to 10 yards or less, and be very small and light. I am not looking for a true pistol scope with extended eye relief.
Everything I find is either too large and heavy or does not adjust down to such a close range. One I did find was the UTG CQB BugBuster IR 3-9 X 32. It is light and small and adjusts down to 3 yards. It has a lot of bells and whistles I don't want but I can live with that if I have to. Two questions.
1. Is the glass on this likely to be a bit better than my cheap Winchester? It is only $139 at Airgun Depot so it can't have great glass but I do want some improvement over what I have. Internet reviews are iffy on it, saying things like it is pretty good for the price.
2. Any other rifle scopes that come to mind with decent glass and small size?
