Kodiak, You didn' t come off wrong. If I gave you that impression I apologize for that.I' ve never owned a Simmons except for the one mentioned above.I have allot of shooting friends who tell these tales about their guns and equipment.I guess you could say I have no on hands experience with them.I' m going by what they say.I was a DieHard Redfield user. Now that they' re gone and openned under someone else I' ve moved to Leupolds.The only Leopolds I own are VarXII' s.So far so good.I have one Weaver V24.On the lower powers it clear,but the higher you go the clarity disappears.I have several OLD Redfields and wouldn' t part with any of them.If the original Redfield were still in business that' s all I would buy.
Ruger Redhawk