Posted on 01/08/2016 8:12:32 PM PST by usnadad
Christmas was good this year. I have a new Ruger LC9s Pro. I am looking for advice on a good inside the waistband holster. My 16 year old son used his Christmas cash to buy a Marlin .17 VRX-917 and we're trying to find the best scope for it on a teen-agers budget. Any suggestions appreciated.
The Sticky holster, inexpensive. I love mine.
http://stickyholsters.com/
+1 on Sticky Holsters. Most comfortable holster I have ever used for daily carry.
Spend the extra money on Millett rings. Most .22 scope rings have a fixed clamp on one side and one that tightens with a screw on the other. This means that if the rings are a little bit off, you have to use all of the scope's windage adjustment to center it, if it can be centered. In 18 years of gun sales, I encountered more than a few sets of .22 rings that were so far out of spec that the scope couldn't adjust enough to compensate.
The clamps on Millett rings adjust on both sides, so you can center the scope with the rings and use the scope's windage adjustment to get it perfect.
I used a sub $300 Leapers Accushot 24X for open class Field Target airgun competition for 3 years, last year I had it on I placed ~12th in the Nationals.
It has parallax ranging, I’m actually considering putting it on my M1A if I get off my butt and get a decent mount. I could hunt flies at 30+ yards with it. What it lacks in glass quality it always overcame with the fact you could take it off and hammer nails with it, put it back on and it holds zero.
Another sleeper good scope is that ~$150 Simmons Whitetail that is carried by Cheaper or Midway (forget which at moment). I shot a loaner spring gun with one on it and it was good and if a scope holds up on a spring gun it is unusually tough.
I think I’ve seen those also. Pretty well-made leather holsters for very very reasonable prices.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007GB7FHM?psc=1
Cross Breed or Alien gear, either one is great.
I have a Crossbreed and love it.
The holster is the easy part. IWB rigs like Alien, Comp-Tac and Crossbreed all are similar in design and execution and provide adequate concealment if your shirt drapes at ieast slightly loosely around the waist. Some also allow the shirttail to be worn tucked in with little to no increase to risk in bring “made,” albeit at the cost of additional time/effort in drawing/producing the arm. Check the description if “tucked-in” wear matters to you. My Comp-Tac MTACs see the most regular duty, in part because they have interchangeable kydex shells, meaning any pistol of a size appropriate for that backplate can be used with nothing more than a change of shells. Remove/replace four torx screws and swap shells and it goes from G19 to Beretta 92 at a fraction of the cost of a new holster. In the various gun forums I frequent, Crossbreed gets biggest share of enthusiastic recommendations, but I can’t tell it from a Comp-Tac when it’s on my hip.
A scope recommendation is less straightforward because you’ve not mentioned a range of magnifications or what role Junior would like to have his new rifle optimized for. Most rimfire-specific scopes top out at 7x, but the HMR cartridge has enough effective range that it can benefit from a 9x or even 12x top number (especially against smallish sized targets, squirrels, rats, etc). Higher magnification increases aiming precision but does not guarantee better accuracy because it also magnifies flaws in the optics, as well as heat shimmer (mirage), it reduces field of view and might worsen parallax errors.
The best 7x at its pricepoint IMHO is the Nikon P-Rimfire 3-7x32. For 9x, I’d look at the Bushnell Banner 3-9x40 or the Simmons .22 Mag 3-9x32 AO. But those two are so low priced (<$100), QC can tend to vary, so I would prefer one I can hold in my hands and test-drive a bit before buying. In fact, that seems to be an across-the-board problem with cheap glass from companies of lower renown. I have cheap-ish glass from Burris, Bushnell, Muller, Redfield and Weaver that I am well-satisfied with, but all of them have been returned at least once. Caveat emptor. Companies like Nikon & Zeiss tend to have more uniform QC, even what manufactured for then in China or the Philippines, so I have less reservation about buying their low-end stuff sight unseen. That said, as with all manufactured goods, the occasional lemon sneaks through, even from the best of companies.
12x is gilding the lily a bit considering 16-year-old eyesight and the HMR’s effective range but the Redfield Revenge 4-12x42 is some of the best glass you’re likely to find under $200.
Sometimes you can find a Zeiss Conquest 4-12x or a Nikon Prostaff 5 3.5-14x for under $300. These are better enough optics that they’re well worth the price difference compared to anything else I’ve mentioned.
It’s rare that you can’t find something for less money off of the Internet, but I always find it a comfort to be able ti inspect low-end optics before part with the cash. One bennie to big acreage stores like Bass Pro is you can try them out and see how far the different scopes can read the same small print from.
I’ve had a Simons Whitetail on my 7mm Mag bolt action for years. It has always held 0 just fine.
That’s my possible alternate for the M1A. I picked up a Nikko Sterling (50X) for the airgun at an estate sale for 500 bucks. Just found this weekend I probably need to make a separate low temperature range card for it. Hadn’t shot with anything that sensative to temperature before.
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