RE: $150 scope
You can pick up the Simmons Aetec 2.8-10 X 44mm for $129.99. I have 3 of them mtd on a 444 and a 35 Whelen and they take everything they can dish out with ZERO problems to date. Each have well over 200 rounds each. The 3rd is waiting for a new whatever to sit atop. Suffice to say I am a Aetec believer.