Because I'm a curious sort and yes, I know what happened to the Cat. LOL Anyway, I was wondering what would be the rimfire scope of choice if you could only pick one scope for rimfire use. The use would include informal target shooting, Squirrel hunting, and just all around plinking.
As some know, mine is the old Burris 6X mini AO scope.
A couple of honorable mentions for me is the Leupold FX-II 6X36 with fine duplex and parallax set at 40yds.
One other that I'm really liking is the Tract 3-9X40 rimfire scope.
Since Leupold moved their RF specials from the FX and VX II lines to the "Freedom" series I've had nothing but bad luck with them. I can't recommend them anymore. My next RF scope is probably going to be a Simmons ".22 magnum", either 4X or the 3-9X. It's been a long time but I had one on a boat paddle 77/22 mag and it was good enough for turning live squirrels into dead ones at 100 yards or a bit more. The only other seemingly viable option is to get an adjustable objective centerfire scope. I recently moved an old 4-12X Vari X II AO from my .17 HMR to my .22 long rifle. With the fine duplex, I like it. I had a 4.5-14X FD/AO Vx 3 from the custom shop sitting homeless so I put it on the 17 HMR. Seems pretty good there. That .17 is a 77/17 HMR VT, pretty heavy rifle, and I might put a 6-18X vari x II AO on it. Going to try it as-is and decide if more X-s would be better for shooting between grass blades 'n' so on.
