I did the same thing with my dad when I was younger. He has a marlin lever action .22 that had an old redfield scope on it. It was foggy and kind of nasty to look thru. So for fathers day one year I got him a new tasco with the TV view lenses. It's a small diameter scope with not much power and I'm sure it was cheap since I was a kid. However it was better than the scope that he had on it. He still has it on the gun 25 years later.

I'm sure he knows he could do better on optics, but I bet it's still on there because I bought it with my own money for him. ( To be honest I got it because I loved that gun but hated that foggy scope, shhhhh) And when I inherit it the scope will most likely stay on it, providing it works.

I tell my family now that if they want to give me a gift hunting related to just give me a gift certificate or take me shopping. Especially with archery equipment. Unless it's a knife, you just can't go wrong getting me a knife.

Paul