I think the whole LSR thing is a great target sport and its good that the rimfire boys are happy to shoot alongside the airrifle shooters and it is all mixed up under the one discipline.

In terms of weight the PCP shooters are disadvantaged with the air cylinder and it can be a struggle to get to 4.5kg.

The Gloucester association have head to head matches a couple of times a year on the outdoor range and if you shoot airrifle you can be slightly disadvantaged if its a bit gusty!

In answer to your question, I have recently moved from 7x to 12x but have ordered a scope from the states that is fixed objective (hopefully I can reparallax it easily) and very lightweight, this has a max of 10x and what I plan to settle with.

Tony