Boltman - here are some of my hangups: (1) most of you guys insist on going with Leupold bases and rings - I still haven't bought those yet... (2) once I get 'em, I'll have to swap 'em out and get it all dialed in - I've never been very good at this process before (with cheap scopes anyway). The only success story I've had so far was putting a nice fixed 4x Nikon on an autloading .22 Marlin. I just wanted to prove that the set up actually works/worked before I go effing it up!