I have7 Simmons scopes. 2 shotgun &1 muzzleloader all with extra eye relief, 2high power A.O. variables for CO2 target rifles, the cheapest 3/4 inch airgun/rimfire model, andan old4X Deerfield. They all workjust fine except the very 1st Deerfield which has a bustedinternal spring, and it wasacheap$20ish dollar scope with a darker F.O.V. that was mounted on a Ruger 10/22. The Deerfield was the oldest and the worst,but I'm glad that I didn't stop buyingSimmons because of it. When shooting a deer in thick woods at 40 yards, how much of a performance difference does one expect there to be?
Iown other brands of scopes too. But depending on how many guns a person owns, the dedicated purpose that each gun is intended to be used for,and figuring intheoverall price of the entirepackage,I try tochoose my scopes accordingly. I don't expect to pay $200 or $300 to scope each gun, because that's how much some of the guns cost, and I don't intend toshoot 300 yards either.
So they work & they have a warranty, and I've seen worse scopes on the market. Each Simmons scope model isdifferentas far as when and whereeach wasmade, and in the features that each has to offer. Some scopes just happen to fitsome guns better than others, whether they happen to cost more or not.
Mine have done their job, except for that 1 Deerfield out of 7which represents a 14.28% failure rate. Conversely, that represents an over 85% satisfaction rate.