RE: simmons scopes
My experience with Simmons scopes has been dismal. I have owned 3 - "44 Magnum, White Tail Classic, Aetec". And a good buddy bought one of their so called "Aetec" long range target scopes. All but the "White Tail Classic" are gone. The problem he and I had was with the "guts" not being able to withstand usual recoil - 30.06 Spr., 308 Win. and 8 mm Rem. Mag. Simmons made good on replacing these ... and he and I sold them first chance we had !! None had even decent low light performance. But realistically, no low cost scope should be expected to hold edge to edge clarity in very low light, but I did expect these to withstand "normal" use. I will not recommend any Simmons optics.
If you are on a budget, but can save up for a while, go to a Zeiss Conquest. Excellent scope for the $$$.