RE: Nikon or Bushnell
There are 3 scope companies that put out excellent scopes (for the money) in the same price range. Burris ff2,nikon,and weaver. check out all brands side by side if possible and see which has best optics. Of the 2 I'm most familiar with,both burris and weaver have good optics as well as reliable adjustments. Nikon has also but I havn't had enough of them to really tell yet. I have a thing against bushnell due to POOR customer relations/service. Most importantly-stay away from marginal scope companys/model lines.