Originally Posted By: Chris_BriceUp until the last couple weeks every rimfire I had wore a Simmons 22mag scope. Most dating back to when they were made in the Philippines and by God I'm not about to knock em. But over the last couple years my taste have changed and I've had a craving for better glass on all my guns. I've also become enamored with 2-7x's. So recently I bought a Redfeild 2-7x for a Savage 100 build only to find that it was too short for the 2 piece bases I was using. Problem solved. I stuck it on the only .22lr I use anymore, a rebuilt 10/22. Yes, it is for centerfires and has the parallax set for 100 yards. Big whoop. Let's face it, up until the last couple decades quality "rimfire only" scopes were rare as hen's teeth and if you wanted anything with a tube larger than 1" you had to go centerfire scope route. Nobobdy cared and animals died. As for AO and objective lens's larger than 32mm......... cough cough, choke choke, not needed on any hunting gun I have IMO.
The best advice I can offer for anyone wanting a scope for any gun is "stay away from China crap".
CB
I know what you mean, ive been on a quest to upgrade all of my gear a peice at a time. my most used 22 is the first gun i got, as a bday present from my parents when i turned 12, which is a Savage MKII. it has god know how many critters under its belt and who knows how many thousands of rounds thru it, but its a real shooter and gets her done when it comes to small game and grouse. It has a had a Tasco pronghorn 4x on it since i got it and it has been beaten around and dropped etc and never one issue with it at all. but like i said im starting to upgrade so i just sent off $ to Repete to buy a leupy from him for this rifle. it will be the first time a quality scope has been on one of my rimfires and it is the start of less quality not being allowed on my guns anymore.