RE: 30-06 options - am I cheaping out with a combo?
If you can spend the money get the best optics you can. I have severalleupolds, a zeiss and a swarovski for my optics. Now if money is tight go out look at the bushnell 3200 series 3-9x 40mm. I saw one in the local sporting good store the other day and when looking thru it near dusk it looked pretty good for a 200.00 scope.