Quote Originally Posted by jmoore View Post
(Weaver scopes have been and appear to be now good value optics, but I know where there's a box of dead ones, including one with the adrift lens drama. Too bad, because it was a nice LER stainless scope that would be loverly on a 629 S&W.)
I have a Weaver Classic Extreme 2.5 - 10 X 56mm, with 30mm tube, Germanicon #4 crosshairs, variable brightness lighted red dot, and side adjustible A.O.
I LOVE this scope, which sits atop my Savage model 114 in .270Win. It's the best combination I have, and it always works. It has awesome light gathering capability, and the variable power red dot helps me place the crosshairs on the bucks in very low light early in the morning and late in the evening. I have never had any problems with this scope at all. But I often forget about the fact that I zero'd it 1.5" high at 100 yards. So what happens is if a Buck gets within about 25 yards of me, as the last one did, I nearly shoot under him, nearly, but thats not a scope malfunction. It's a problem only with me not thinking about the trajectory of that bullet at 25 yards. The scope would have cost more than the Rifle if I purchased it (locally) over the counter, but I got it nearly $200.00 cheaper buying it online. I have never had any problem with this scope ever, except finding really good working flip-open covers that will fit the 56mm objective lense.