Doesn't matter who paid for it, it performed as typical with simmons, when they do work. Worked one minute, not the next. Imagine being on a hunt of a lifetime, or just a hunt when the trophy of your life walks in front of you, and this happened? You can't polish feces, so turn the scope into a hammer. Get a good scope, or save the cash to get a good scope. They say, spend as much on the scope as you did on the gun, and there is some justification to that. Most guns are capable of great accuracy these days. Two things that keep them from doing so, the shooter, and the glass on top.