My local gun store owner has known a distributer out of Fort Wayne for years and about 4 or 5 months ago started carrying the Hawke line-up along with the Bushnells, Nikons and Leopolds he nomally carries---says he did a fair amount of research on them [they were a well known and respected maker of air gun scopes in Europe for years]. The two I've tried are very impressive, excellant clarity-good magnification and I really like the cross hair style that is etched into the glass---the ones I've had both handled the recoil of an 06 with no problem and held zero --- my only complaint was the length, no problem on the bolt actions, but somewhat too short for my 1's---other than that, they seem to be a very good scope for the money---John