I have been useing a Leupold VX-2/3x9x40 on my encore for the past several years. Been a great scope and has withstood lousy weather and some bumps in and out of stands. Buy the best optics that you can afford. There are alot of quality optics out there that you will give years of use, there are alot out there that wont make it past poppin off a primer. Nikon, Bushnell, and Leupold make some quality stuff at affordable prices. Also consider, where and what you will be hunting, that can make a difference between variable power and fixed. LOL