Paul . . . I do have to add a personal impression to all this scope stuff. I have used Weaver, Leupold, Simmons, and Bushnell. Never a Burris . . . although they are up the road in Greeley.

BUT . . . one day I went to a local store and looked at a Weaver Grand Slam. Gawd . . . was I ever impressed. The workmanship was fantastic. The box it came in was as purty as the scope! I put that thing up to my eye and it lit up the whole store. Now that may sound like an exaggeration . . . and it probably is . . . but it was bright and clear! Course it cost three times what I could afford [champagne desires and a beer budget]. It was definitely marked "Made in Japan."

But I would never hesitate to recommend a Leupold to anyone.

A good scope, for the money, are the Simmons 44MAGs and AETECS . . . both made in the Phillipines. Very well done.