Do a thorough search on the scout rifle concept and the scopes that go with it.
My one experience with a low power, long or extended eye relief, scope on a rifle was on a group rabbit hunt in western Utah. In a large group of hunters with more rifles than hunters, there was a great deal of gun swapping. We saw a few (very few) cottontails, mostly jack rabbits (jacks, once flushed, are running for distance, zigzagging all the way.) The unquestionable darling of the hunt, despite the presence of the likes of Anschutz sporters and even a Winchester Model 52, was a Ruger 10/22 with a 2x pistol scope in a kludge mount forward of the action. Getting up and on target on a jack with that combo was more like shotgunning than rifle work. A low range EER variable, if you can find a satisfactory mount, should do the trick.
My one experience with a low power, long or extended eye relief, scope on a rifle was on a group rabbit hunt in western Utah. In a large group of hunters with more rifles than hunters, there was a great deal of gun swapping. We saw a few (very few) cottontails, mostly jack rabbits (jacks, once flushed, are running for distance, zigzagging all the way.) The unquestionable darling of the hunt, despite the presence of the likes of Anschutz sporters and even a Winchester Model 52, was a Ruger 10/22 with a 2x pistol scope in a kludge mount forward of the action. Getting up and on target on a jack with that combo was more like shotgunning than rifle work. A low range EER variable, if you can find a satisfactory mount, should do the trick.