I have a lot of rifles and makes of scopes. But you said our favorite most used combo so it is my sako in 300Wby with a 3.5-10 with a 400mm objective. These 2 have been together since I bought the gun. Now the gun has seen some real lumps with that scope. The stock got broke in a quad roll over knocked on the floor and last fall fell from the fence when I shot. After a quick resight good to go again. Definitly my favorite pair so far. This pair have been together since about 1989.