forestcure,

If the Redfield you got wasmade bythe original Redfield company in Coloradoyou have a good scope but, unfortunately, no warranty. If it breaks you are up a creek. Redfield went out of business and the name was sold to another company who makes inferior scops using the Redfield name. The original Redfields were as good as, if not better opically, than Leupold. In fact, Leupold and Redfield were considered the premier optics manufactures in America. I have not looked at any of the "newer"Redfields but a couple of my friends have and they say the quality is not nearly the same.

I have two Redfields, both 3X9s. One is a top of the line Illuminator (great scope), the other is one of the "Widefield" models. The Illuminator is the probably the best scope I own. About 10 years ago I dropped the.270Winthat the Widefield was mounted on while pulling it up to my treestand one day and it hasn't been the same since. Unfortunatly for me I am SOL with that one - the "New" Redfield company does not honor the warrenty of older Redfield scopes.

Good luck

Mouthcaller