I' d like to explain my dislike of Simmons and maybe someone can tell me what was wrong.

I owned two Simmons scopes before. One was a 44Mag 3-10x44 that I put on my Browning .270. I liked the scope until I took it to the range. First day out, I shoot my rifle and I' m getting great 3/4" groups. I get it dialed in where the groups are centered 1.5" high at 100 yards, but dead zero windage wise. I place the gun/scope combo in my hard gun case, set it on the back seat of the car, and drive home. I take it inside, clean it, then put it back in the case and back into the closet.

Two days later, I go out to shoot some more with everything the same. No changes what so ever. Wind was calm too. My first group was again, 3/4" . But, it was three inches left of center and 4 inches high. WTF??? So I re-zero it back to 1.5" high, and dead center above the bullseye. I then repeat the process of taking it home.

A week later, I get some free time and I go back to the range. This time it' s shooting 4" low and 2" to the right!!!! I' m furious at this point. Groups still tight but point of impact is changing every time I make a trip to the range. Nothing changes. No drastic weather changes, same brand and lot number of ammo, the whole nine yards.

I trash the 44mag and buy a Nikon Monarch. No more problems.

My next Simmons scope did basically the same thing on a .22 caliber Marlin model 60 I had. It was a prohunter. Only it would change points of impact for each shot I fired. I was literally getting 7-8 inch groups from 50 yards. I put a old Bushnell scope on it, and I could put all 15 shots into the size of a quarter.

I swore then I' d never own another Simmons. I have a buddy that has a Whitetail Expedition scope on his 300 Win Mag. It' s a 4-12x42 or something like that. Seems to be a nice scope, but if you zoom up the power above 10, you have to refocus the eyepiece to get a clear image of the target. What' s up with that? Then when you take it back down to 4 or 5 power, it' s blurry and you again have to move the focus ring back to where it was.

So from now on, if it doesn' t say Nikon, Leupold, or some other name that I can' t spell or afford, it' s not going on my rifles. Now you know why I don' t care for Simmons.