Over the course of my involvement in shooting sport, most of the telescopic sights that I have purchased have worn the Leupold brand.  :Prior to purchasing the Tasco World Class 3-9 x 40 rifle scope from this site, the only first-hand experience I had with Tasco scopes came via a 1-4X World Class pistol scope on my father's Remington XP-100 handgun -a scope that worked well enough, and still does after three decades of use.  Although my father's World Class pistol scope leaves nothing to complain about, Tasco does have a less than stellar reputation for marketing sub-standard optics, and frankly, considering how little I paid for it via this site, I wasn't expecting much from my recently purchased Tasho World Class 3-9X 40 scope.