I bought this for my Marlin 336w 30/30. Its a nice scope sans one caveat. I cant get the horizontal crosshair level. When you plumb the vertical the left side of the horizontal hair is crooked. Other than this issue the scope is awesome and it won't hurt anything, it just bugs me because im anal about that sort thing lol! Its pretty clear.. You have a little fuzz around the edges about 7x-9x. Again not a big deal. I wanted a budget scope so its cool. Im gonna hunt with it this season and I may step up to a Nikon. Honestly its impossible to get a great scope under $200. You have too many tradeoffs in quality below that price point. If you have a cheaper rifle or are under budget constraints this scope is hard to beat for the money. You will like it. I have no reservations that this scope will help put meat in the freezer.  Update 6/22/13.. I finally got the crosshairs plumb and level. I fought it with a plumb bob for a while but I got it. I am satisfied. I think it was more scope mounts than scope. It was a pain in the butt to get right! Im going to order one for my Marlin 1894 .44 mag for deer season in Indiana.