I DID THE SAME THING I WAS WORKING AT WAL-MART CHANGING SOMELIGHT FIXTURES AND ONE OF WAL-MARTS EMPLOYEES ASK IF I WAS LOOKING FOR A NEW GUN AND I SAID I AM ALWAYS LOOKING HE THEN SHOWED ME A SAVAGE 116 FSS .300 MAG THE PRICE HAD BEEN LOWERED TO 300.00 WITH THAT 3X9X32 SCOPE ON IT . THAT SCOPE IS MADE FOR A .22 LONG RIFLE. SO I PUT A 3X9X40 NIKON PROO STAFF ON IT AND I LOVE IT