I like that a lot. The 3x is a good choice.
Are you sure you wouldn't like a recoil pad?
Thank you for your kind words.
I'm not very big on recoil pads and a good share of my rifles have steel buttplates on them. I also wanted this one to have a trapdoor buttplate so I can store a Buehler peep sight that fits on the rear scope base if the scope becomes unusable.