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Here's what I did. Took a couple hours of fiddling around, but I'm pretty pleased with it. https://www.rokslide.com/forums/threads/raised-cheek-piece-savage-99.116430/

Another 1-4 that may warrant some consideration is Meopta's ZD 1-4x22. A little more money than the Steiner, but gives you a different reticle option to choose from. (I found one for $800 a month or two ago, and am still kicking myself for passing on it.)

Your list is what I began looking for 6+ years ago, and bought the closest thing I could find -- lacking one item. (Most lacked more.) I ended up buying a Leica ER 3.5-14x42 with IBS reticle, and it quickly became my favorite scope. The only thing it lacked was the illuminated reticle, which...

Cool. Once you start playing with that thing, you'll find it a lot handier to shoot scoped if you do something to raise the comb and (unless you are small framed) increase the length of pull. (My 99 fit my 12 yr old self perfectly, but not so much for my 6' 2" frame.) Here's a pic of my...

If you want to stick with the current rings, take a close look at them and see if they'll afford you any room to do anything other than a straight tube objective. Because of the drop comb set up for shooting open sights on the 99s, most ring configurations on the 99s were set up to keep the...

You might take a look at a Leica ERi 2.5-10x42 or 3-12x50 with their "Ballistic" reticle. The Ballistic reticle is MIL based, and as long as you get the illuminated models (designated by the "i" in the ERi) the turrets will also be in MIL. (On the ER models, the turrets are MOA based.)...

This Leica might be a good candidate. https://www.eurooptic.com/leica-er-i-3-12x50-ibs-bdc-56032-rifle-scope.aspx Great hunting scope that checks your other boxes. Awesome glass. Light (compared to the tactical scopes your comparing to), 4" eye relief, one of the most forgiving eye boxes I've...

If you're considering or leaning towards FFP scopes, read up a little on Steiner's new T5Xi in the 3-15x50. Should be released anytime now, and might be a great fit as well.

No personal experience (yet), but that weakness is pretty well documented in various threads. That complaint is raised mainly with the 3-24x42 and 2.5-25x42 models, and I believe only at the higher magnifications (16x plus). That's not a preferable quality, but to me its also not a deterrent...

I believe that Kelbly's handles all US sales of March scopes. Not sure if they are a hide vendor or not, but you'll find Jim Kelbly posting here occasionally.

The March scope line warrants a look as well. Between the "hunting" line, "SFP tactical" line, and "FFP tactical" line you can find about any configuration you want for reticle, turret, focal plane, and illumination, while getting an awesome zoom ratio for hunting (8:1 or 10:1), incredible...

Z3 is a great scope, but I'd take the HD5 and the Leica over the Z3. I don't think the Swaro glass compares to the Leica until you get to the Z6, and both the Zeiss and Leica offer hydrophobic coatings and target turrets. I've never owned a Swaro, but my impression is that their Customer...

I've had a couple Zeiss Conquests, and have had great luck with them. Was going to buy an HD5 3-15x50 on my recent rifle purchase, and ended up going with the Leica ER 3.5-14x42 instead. Was impressed with the HD5, but felt the Leica was a considerable upgrade where the glass was concerned...

If you're open to other options, the Leica ER 3.5-14x42 would fit this well. Glass is on par with the Swarovski, you can get them with exposed turrets and matching reticle (if you go with the IBS reticle), and they have a hydrophobic coating which is a big plus for hunting for some. They also...

I can honestly say the only time in my life that I even remotely contemplated buying a pair of $1500 boots was when I was walking around in a pair of JB Hills at a boot shop. Way out of my league at the time, but I REALLY didn't want to take them off. Beautiful boots that fit like nothing I'd...

Dress boots -- Lucchese is hard to beat w/o breaking the bank. Working/riding boots -- I prefer a lace-up, but if going with a traditional pull-on, Boulet boots get the nod Custom boots -- pick a good bootmaker close to where you live for sizing/fit...

Beautiful up there, but if you're looking more than 15 miles north of the I-90 corridor, you'd better be fairly fond of winter -- spring comes pretty late in that neck of the woods... Coming from New Mexico, you may also want to consider that north Idaho can stay socked in for extended periods...

Honestly, most any reasonable quality hunting scope and mount setup should work. Hunting rifles and scopes have been knocking around the bottoms of boats, in horse scabbards, and bouncing pickups w/o any problems for decades. My hunting rigs have taken an enormous amount of abuse over the...

If you PM your e-mail address to me, I'll send the PDF that I got from Leica showing the reticle layout and dimensions for the IBS. I've got that reticle in their 3.5-14x42 and really like that package. Great scope.

From your intended usage, I think you'd be best served getting a good hunting scope with target/tactical turrets, rather than a tactical scope that you can hunt with. Your application doesn't sound like it warrants the "over-built to withstand abuse" aspect of tactical scopes, and the $$ you...