To my fellow squirrel hunters

[Osage1978]

My ol trusty Jw-15 is in need of a scope upgrade for squirrel hunting, what are YOU using that you'd recommend.

Really only wanting to hear from personal experience squirrel hunting please, not interested in target/range scopes

 

[kwaynem]

I have had an old tasco on mine for years straight 4 power

 

[DRC458]

My current 'squirrel gun,' a 17 HMR, is sporting a Simmons 8-Point 3-9x40. It was on the rifle when I bought it, and many a squirrel has fallen from a head shot from that rifle. Prior to that, more than one .22LR (usually a single shot), has served me just fine with a Tasco or Bushnell. Nowadays, there are so many more options, I honestly don't know what I would choose. BUT, I dare say I would be a bit pickier and spend a bit more money. Good luck with your search!

 

[PBramble]

Old 8-32 Tasco Worldclass with an 1/8 minute dot in fine crosshairs.

 

[2busy]

All of my scopes are budget brands from 20 or more years ago. I've got a old weaver 2.5 power on my 22. I grew up with duplex cross hair. Not a fan of fine cross hairs.

 

[Catt57]

Not squirrel, but for muskrats. (Just water rats instead of tree rats.) I use a Marlin 783 (22 WMR) with a Bushnell Banner2 3-9x50. I pick them off at 100+yds.

I have been very satisfied with this setup.

 

[turkeyrun]

On .22LR, I have an old Tasco 3-9x40
On .22Mag I have, an older Tasco 3-9x40

Both work fantastic, for me.

 

[HoLeChit]

Of you wanna go fancy, I love my leupold VX3 4-14x40 with a 30mm tube. It’s great.

my all time favorite squirrel scope is the primary arms acss scope. At 6x it’s a little powerful for close up work, but it’s fantastic all around. Great clarity, the reticule is fantastic, and it’s cheap/small.

https://www.primaryarms.com/primary-arms-6x-scope-with-the-patented-acss-22lr-reticle
The leupold on my CZ 457:

The Primary arms on my Henry H001

 

[Glocktogo]

This is what mine wears:

https://www.burrisoptics.com/scopes...es-series/fullfield-ii-riflescope-4.5-14x42mm
The BDC hash marks correlate pretty closely out to 100 yards with my preferred fodder: 22FHPSUB | Field Dynamics - 22LR HP | Field Dynamics | Fiocchi Ammunition

 

[scott024]

I've got a weaver K4. It's got fine crosshairs. My loaner squirrel gun has a redfield wideview that's straight 4x. Love them both. Can pick them up on ebay for reasonable price most of the time.