Well if we are asking the question of NEED then the answer is NO, you dont NEED one. Heck, I didn't NEED a scope on my deer rifle, but when I saw a deer at 275 yards this year my scope helped me knockemstiff<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>! I didn't NEED a scope on my Mossberg 835, but it has a 2X prodiamond on it. Not because I NEEDED it, but because I WANTED it!

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