I bought one of these in 3.5-14x50 w/ Side Focus a few months back and was wondering what the thoughts were on these scopes. It is on my custom Remington deer hunting gun and should serve that purpose very well. As far as tactical use it is one of the only scopes Leupold ever made that couldn't have custom turrents added to it, so it wouldn't be the best for that use. I sold a Bushnell Elite 6500 2.5-16x50 to get it, so far I haven't been sorry for it.