So I have an opening for a rifle scope that likely will be used for under 250 yard hunting. I have 7 scopes in the safe consisting of various levels by zeiss, nikon, and meopta...all i was looking for was a solid optic at a budget price. Checked out a $200 leupold freedom at a local store....the turrets on the demo were a bit mushy so I held off. Went surfing on the web for sub $250 scopes with good reviews.....came across a new old stock nikon monarch 3, 2.5x10 for my price range. I have an old monarch i paid $400 for 11 years ago on another gun and have been satisfied, so hopefully next week I'll get to play at the range getting things zeroed.. .