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Between the 2 Vortex scopes, the Diamondback without a doubt but I would also seriously consider the Leupold VX-Freedom Rimfire 2-7x33 as well. All of my magnified optics are either Leupold or Vortex. Vortex offers great bang for the buck but the Leupold's always have better glass and I prefer products made in the US. In most cases Leupolds are a lot more money but in this cause the price difference is only $10. Both companies have great CS so you probably can't go wrong with either.
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Came here to say this very thing. Executive summary:
1. Leupold Freedom rimfire - US designed and assembled. Unknown glass, probably Philippine. Better optically than others. Very solid construction.
2. Vortex Diamondback rimfire - Philippine glass and assembly. Glass not quite as good as Leupold Freedom. Much better than Crossfire.
3. Vortex Crossfire - Chinese through and through. Well below both scopes above in all respects. Cheap and not just in price.
Rimfire parallax settings are important. If set for 50 yards, as these are, parallax is fine to at least 150 with only 7x and that size objective lens. That's as far as you really want to shoot at 7x and rimfire trajectory. With relatively low power and .22LR what you are correcting with fixed parallax is error at close range, not so much at distance. You don't want a blurred image or aiming error at 10-15 yards as would be the case with a 100 or 150 yard parallax setting in a centerfire scope.
2-7x is a great, slim, lightweight, classic rimfire scope.