The .22LR is where most British shooters begin on a Firearm Certificate, and it is where a great many of us happily stay. A rimfire is cheap to feed, quiet with a moderator and completely honest about your technique. It also asks slightly different things of an optic than a centrefire does: close parallax, a low mounting height over a slim sporter barrel, and enough magnification to pick out a rabbit at sixty yards without losing the field of view you need for a bolting target. This page gathers the low-magnification scopes, micro red dot sights, one-inch rings and rimfire rail kits from our range that suit a .22 sporter or a Section 1 semi-automatic.
Mounting a rimfire is often the fiddly part — browse rifle scope rings and Warne scope mounts for one-inch options, or rifle scope mounts for Picatinny fittings. For more glass see rifle scopes and Burris optics, or red dot sights if you want a dot for close work. A rifle bipod steadies a light barrel nicely.
Frequently Asked Questions
What magnification suits a .22LR?
For live quarry inside a hundred yards, 2-7x or 3-9x covers almost everything — the bottom end keeps the field of view for a moving target and the top end is plenty for a supported shot. A fixed low power such as the Scout 2.75x20 suits fast, close work and sits very light on a sporter.
Will these rings fit an 11mm dovetail?
Not directly. The rings and mounts listed here are Picatinny and Weaver pattern. A good many British .22 sporters have an 11mm dovetail receiver instead, so check what your rifle carries before ordering, and fit a dovetail-to-Picatinny adapter if the two do not match.
