A store in Augusta GA. was selling Simmons 8-Point Scopes 3x9x50 for $50.00 so I bought one and put it on a Remington 700 300 Win. Mag for the fun of it and have shot 7 deer with it in the last 3 weeks. It has worked great so far even with the recoil of the 300!! No it does not gather a whole lot of light at dark thirty but it works alot better than I thought it would and has a lifetime warranty!!! Sean