In case theres any question about parallax, heres a demo I recorded. When you do this test at the scopes parallax setting, the cross hair stay put
with the background.
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Optics for the hw44
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Bob your head slight left and right/up, down. Do your best to center. Won't always be perfect but should be 95% of the way there. Which is plenty good for any shooting I do.
I will also use pistol scopes sometimes in carbine format. Results in a massive ghost ring and no field of vision. But if you're good at pointing the gun where the target is, target acquisition is still quick. No loss in accuracy. Don't have to swap sights or rezero anything.
I have several pistols that randomly get converted to and from carbines.
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I recommend the H&N Baracuda Match .177 10.65 gr 452 head size. I run a red dot on mine 90% of the time. My go to pesting pistol. My best shot was a chipmunk at 40 yards or so. The pistol is a laser.
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Found this article, might be worth a read.
www.fieldandstream.com
The 7 Best Red Dot Sights of 2024, Tested and Reviewed
Our experts tested the best red dot sights for pistols, rifles, and shotguns for hunting and target shooting. We reviewed sights from Vortex, Bushnell, and more.
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This is cool. Good stuff, and it would also allow me to practice with a red dot.Found this article, might be worth a read.
The 7 Best Red Dot Sights of 2024, Tested and Reviewed
Our experts tested the best red dot sights for pistols, rifles, and shotguns for hunting and target shooting. We reviewed sights from Vortex, Bushnell, and more.
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I would try the .22 H&N Field Target Trophies 552 head size. Also, try the .22 H&N terminators in any head size. The .177 terminators are my go to pistol pellet. Whacks cans with authority out to 30 yards, great pellet to try. I suggest keeping the pellet around 14 grains for a good starting point.
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I like leupold pistol scopes, and the HW44 is nice enough to warrant one. I grew up hunting with revolvers and T/C single shots, and we normally ran a fixed 2 or 4 power scope. Burris fixed power scopes have done good for us too. The Thompson Center line of variable power scopes worked good too but parallax issues become more apparent. With enough practice the crosshairs lock into where they’re supposed to be automatically.
They all take practice to master but it can be done fairly easily.
Not throwing shade but it’s always seemed goofy to me to run a rifle scope on a pistol when you’re not competing. If that’s what you like that’s awesome just not for me. We used pistols because it was more of a challenge and me and dad love big bore revolvers. With the taco hold and a good variable power rifle scope a pistol just becomes a slightly less effective rifle. I have a fixed 2x leupold on my PP700 and head shots on squirrels out to 25 yards are no problem.
Beau
They all take practice to master but it can be done fairly easily.
Not throwing shade but it’s always seemed goofy to me to run a rifle scope on a pistol when you’re not competing. If that’s what you like that’s awesome just not for me. We used pistols because it was more of a challenge and me and dad love big bore revolvers. With the taco hold and a good variable power rifle scope a pistol just becomes a slightly less effective rifle. I have a fixed 2x leupold on my PP700 and head shots on squirrels out to 25 yards are no problem.
Beau
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