RE: Scope advice for a newbie.
I have a Pine ridge 2.5-7X32 that came with my new frontier when cabelas were giving them for free with thier ML's last year.
If I had to pay extra for it I would have been dissapointed. It does work well. It has not had to be adjusted at all after being set. But the scope has cruddy light transmission. In the middle of the day it is actually darker through the scope. It almost looks like it has very light window tint.
Since we only have a9 day ML season Im gonna leave it on there. It does work. It is just an el cheapo.