2.5x8 Leupie is a good scope for mountain rifles. Especially with Remington long actions it just looks like it belongs there. Only thing I have against the 2.5-8x36 is in thick woods at last shooting light the Vari-xIII 2.5-8x36 is not as bright as it should be,supposedly they have updated the optics but reports I hear are thats not true. I'll know more about it this week when I look thru a 3.5-10x40mm a friend has on order. If you are going to use this as an all around rifle you may want to look at 40MM objectives if its just for western hunting it should be fine as is? Another good choice would be a Nikon 2-7 or 3-9 Monarch variable both are lightweight and the 40mm on the 3-9 would help out if your hunting in lowlight conditions. If you want the ultimate lightweight scope for this look at a Swarovski 3-9x36 or 3.5-10x42 . Both are compact lightweight and will not affect the handling of that gun and should be better then Leupold or Nikon in the brightness department.