My 1st rifle was a Remington 788 in .243. I was 12 years old, and that 4x Tasco was so SHINY. Wow, what a Christmas!

We were hunters, not shooters. By the time I was 16, I'd harvested 4 or 5 whitetails, & shot maybe 6 boxes of ammo. I wandered away from hunting, & the gun stayed in thegun cabinetfor nearly 20 years.

Last Summer, I brought the gun out, & was trying to adjust the scope for the different kinds of ammo. I was trying. When I unscrewed the top cap, the entire guts of the scope came out with it. I guess sitting in a gun cabinet can just be murder on a scope.

I replaced the scope with a Browning (private-labeled Bushnell) 3-9x40 for $139. What a world of difference!

Even $100 these days will get you far more scope than a Tasceaux.

FC