Setting up a new 10/22 for club level Precision Rifle competition - optic?

[HeavyDuty]

I used to shoot a lot of long range 22 rimfire with targets at 100, 200 and 300. Mostly shot a Winchester single shot with an 8x Lyman junior targetspot. I never felt the need for higher magnification and really preferred to dial in the elevation in the mount. I think 12x would be more than enough magnification unless the targets are really small.

I had a side conversation with one of our members who shoots rimfire precision at 100. He actually went to a 34x max scope for competition.

[Jim Watson]

We shot BR50 for a while here. I was pretty casual but thought magnification was good, so I bought a 32X Weaver.
Ugh, too much, should have been a 24 for my level of effort.

[Skinner Precision, LLC]

I had a side conversation with one of our members who shoots rimfire precision at 100. He actually went to a 34x max scope for competition.

A lot of nrl / prs stages on the rimefire scale are better tackled in the 12-18× range (field of view and time limits) but it definitely doesn't hurt to have more magnification on tap. NRA prone smallbore 24x to 36x is not unreasonable...