I won't own a rifle without a scope, and I prefer a Zeiss.
Nice mother-in-law picture...
A friend had a Marlin levergun with a Zeiss 4x -- he used to joke that the scope was worth more than twice what the rifle was, but after looking through his scope after sunset I could sure see the advantages over iron sights!
He had made a nice traditonal-looking leather lace on "thingy" to give himself a good solid cheek weld because it was an older rifle with quite a low stock.
John