Thank you to everyone for the information. I ended up going with a 2.5-10x50 Monarch. Not exactly what I started off considering, but what ended up forcing me away from the Sig Select was that the distributor that my local guy buys Burris from had no Sig Select 3-12's in stock. He couldn't get me one as soon as I wanted it, but I got a heck of a deal on a new Nikon. I put the Nikon on my .300 last night, but have not yet been able to shoot it. Is it normal to be able to see a bit of the end of the barrel through the scope at the lowest magnification? Never had that happen with any of my other rifles, but then again, none of them have a magnification lower than 3, and none of them have a 50mm bell. Was thinking maybe that would go away after I got the rifle zeroed, perhaps in just needs to be adjusted up and the end of the barrel will leave the sight picture? Thanks!