The only thing that matters is dead meat on the ground and I couldn't care less what some snob thinks of my equipment. It works for me and the proof is on the meat pole year after year.
It's not often that I agree with Blackie !
Yep, still got a
Savage youth model 111, .243, bought as a combo, with a
Simmons 8-point scope. The family calls it the meat gun !
Even got a
slip on recoil pad, to extend the LOP.
Butt ugly as Blackie, but ........
Put at least triple the meat down, that any of our slightly more classy rifles !
As to scopes, leupold manufactured Redfield & Burris is as high as we go, too.
As always, YMMV.