First, scopes for .22s. Here's the Browning SA-22 with Browning mount and rings, and an old Leupold 2x scope. Below it is the Colt M4-22, with the $39 faux Leupold CQT tactical scope.
The scope on the Browning certainly looks classic, but it has one small problem. It's a handgun scope I had laying around, and the eye relief is so long, I'd have to hold the rifle at arm's length to look through it. So I have on order a Leupold VX-I 2-7x28mm scope instead. If I like it, I may get its big brother, the 3-9x VX-II for my future CZ bolt action.
The chicom scope on the Colt mounts so low, I couldn't even use the backup rear sight. Fortunately, I have enough stuff left over from earlier projects that things can be recycled. In this case, a QD adapter for an Eotech provided just enough added height to mount the scope, and make it quick-detachable, too. The adapter costs about 4x more than the scope, but it was just sitting in a parts drawer, waiting for a new assignment.
Speaking of spare parts, I'll mention in another installment the large assortment of M16/AR-15 fixed and telescoping stocks that I've accumulated, including one expensive variant that I still can't figure out how I came across it.
