Never did understand the correlation between rifle cost and scope cost. And even though I and most of the looneys on this site like quality rifles and optics, I never correlate cost of a rifle with how well it hunts unless it is really a POS... I wouldn't have any qualms about hunting anything in North America or Africa with a Remington ADL package rifle, toss the scope, and mount a used Leupold 3-9 x 40 on it- wood or plastic stock. You could get into something like that for around $750 most of the time and it would be as reliable as most $2500 rifles ... wanting is much different from needing, IMO.....
