mauser06

how far and what are ya shooting?? a 4-16 could be overkill. after having bad expiriences with a cheap scope(costing me and causing me to wound and loose deer that year) i will never put cheap scopes on anything important that recoils. i was in the same situtation. think i was 14 or so. i cut grass all summer. saved up 150-200$ and bought me a barely used leupold vari X II 3-9x40. im lucky to know a gunshop owner...and i can tell him what i want and he will find it for a fair price. he buys alot of used guns...and people often times dont know what glass like leupolds fetch and ask for a cheap price...so he takes the good glass off the rifle and sells them seperately. told him what i was looking for and he found one. perfect condition..not a mark on it. works great. after loosing 2 deer and completely missing one i learned glass it too important to skimp on. you dont neccesarily need a 1200$ scope...i wont bash manufacturers..but will just say i wont buy cheap scopes again..