[rifleman55]

Unless you need the range the .17 offers, get a 22LR.
The .17 are very accurate, but the ammo is not. At 100 yards, you will be doing good to shoot 1.5 to 2" groups.
The 22 LR Savage MKII's are very accurate right out of the box.
I had mine accurized at Savagegunsmithing and it now shoots in the .1"'s , 5 shots @ 50 yards on a good wind day. It shoots better than I do.

If you are going to target shoot more then varmint hunt, I'd go hands down with the Savage MKII in 22 LR. Get a good high power scope with a fine wire retical. Either the Mueller 8 X 32 X 42 AO for under $250. or if you want an even better target scope, get the Weaver T-36 Target scope, a little over $400.00.
Those two scopes will decrease your groups more than you would think. I've shot many scopes on the 22 and these scopes are the best for target shooting and the Mueller would be a good choice for a .17 for varmint hunting.

For a cheaper scope, the Mueller APV 4 X 14 X 40 AO scope for about $140. delivered is a great lower priced scope, very sharp, great lower priced scope.
I would not go with the cheaper scopes, the high power one's for under $100, they are not sharp and you will be dissapointed.

John K

[PigPen]

rifleman55 i ordered the savage mark II FV and a redfield 3x9-40 i may go to a higher end higher power scope later but alot of people like the redfields because they are made by leupold and i have not heard one bad thing about them 9x zoom on a 22lr should be good enough right?

[Eric0424]

Originally Posted by PigPen

rifleman55 i ordered the savage mark II FV and a redfield 3x9-40 i may go to a higher end higher power scope later but alot of people like the redfields because they are made by leupold and i have not heard one bad thing about them 9x zoom on a 22lr should be good enough right?

A 9x scope will be fine, I've been using 3-9x40 scopes on my Marlin 60 since it was bought in 2006, it's fine for up to 150 yards. The first scope was a cheap $30 Tasco, now it has a BSA Sweet 22 with an adjustable objective that was put on June of last year. I didn't have any parallax trouble with the Tasco even out at 150, the image wasn't as crisp as 50-100 but it was still usable at 150. My 30-30 has a 3-9x40 BSA and it shoots fine at 100 yards, I haven't tried it at 150 yet but I don't expect any trouble with it either.

All my other scopes either have an adjustable objective or side focus to correctly set parallax.

You may decide later you want something higher powdered, but you won't have a problem with the scope you just bought.