I had that scope on a M70 Featherweight, but swapped it out for a fixed 4x (the quintessential mountain rifle scope, by the way...ahem...let the flames begin). But if I ever pick up another Featherweight, which I undoubtedly will at some point, the 2.5-8 is the scope it will wear.

"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown