2-7x rimfire
I cannot speak to the Vortex rimfire 2-7x, but I run a Leupold 2-7x rimfire on my best bolt .22 and am well satisfied with the combination. At 7x there seems plenty of magnification to shoot within a .22's useful range. Sure, a 3-9x would offer more magnification, but I'm not sure you need it on a .22 lr. used as a sporter/field rifle. I do have a .22 with a BIG honkin' scope on it, but it is not a sporter, not something I would hunt small game with, just too darn heavy.
That is one advantage of running a 1" scope with a smaller bell, intended for rimfires. Such an arrangement is not overly large, and does not look out of place, nor overweight a tidy .22, say like a Henry lever, or the common Ruger 10/22.