You may not want to follow the above advice however if it means you will miss years of hunting. There are many low cost scopes under 100.00 thast beat the hell out of not hunting until you can lay out big bucks for a scope. I hunted for the first forty years of my hunting life without a Luepold or any other scope that cost over 100.00 dolarrs. I did very well hunting too I might add. I have several(like eight) Bushnell and Tasco scopes here that are well over twenty years old and have never missed a shot or handi-capped me in any way. Its is great to buy a very good scope. I advise everyone who can to do so. However its just dumb to think you can't hunt and do well with a scope of lesser cost until such time as you feel you must move up to more costy equipment. I will be using my 6.5x55 mauser for rifle seasons this year. Sitting on top of it is a Tasco World Class 4X scope thats been there for twenty years. On my shelf here sits two new Luepold scopes. They will stay on the shelf until such time as this old Tasco gives out. That I am sure will not be any time soon. I bought a few Luepold scopes that went on close out. I never would have bought them had they stayed at the regular price. However when I can pick one up for in the price range of a good Bushnell then I do. In case I ever need them. I have nothing against the spendy scopes but I have been in the spot where they were beyond my price range. Lucky for me I did fine without them.