I've got more Weaver scopes than any other from a 1-3x20 on a 45-70 to 36x on a 30BR.
I am very happy with the Japanese models and have replaced a couple Burris FFII with the Nitrex 3-9x40s, I see better with the Weaver scopes.
I've no experience with the 44-40 line but I like the "V", "T",Classic and Grand Slam scopes and have kept them.
I do own Burris, Leupold, Nikon, SWFA, Bushnell, Hawke and one Meuller as well.

"Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them.
You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend."
Isak Dinesen