Does what it says: sharp optics - Nikon P-308 4-16x42mm Rifle Scope

This is a BIG, heavy duty scope. Not something you'd want to put on your "tactical" AR but on a tree stand deer rifle or a long-range plinker it would do just fine. Nice, clear optics. Fine cross hairs and hold over aim points. Use the Nikon Spot On ballistics calculator and you have a long range rifle built around a banana curved ballistic arc bullet - the 308. Takes out all the fun for those guys that love to spend lots of range time ( and big $$$) trying to get a bullet to hit a pie plate at 800 yards using 50 inches of holdover. This takes the guess out. You now have a scope dot to use. For those east of the Mississippi, I'd recommend buying a flat shooting magnum and you're good out to 300 yards, which is probably 2X-3X the distance most deer are taken in the east.

But I digress. The scope does what's its designed to do and dose it well: gives a shooter "spot on" capabilities out to ranges only a few serious marksmen should consider shooting. Adjustment turrets are somewhat large also. The 30mm body tube (a big plus in my book) could be married up with a 50 or 56mm lens for more light transmission, but the 42mm lens does just fine on most days. In my opinion, if you're in the stand on an overcast day with just a few minutes of legal hunting time left, the larger light gathering ability of a bigger lens is a definite advantage.

Overall, I'd buy it, but it's probably more scope (for the long distance ranging factor) than I need to hunt in Indiana. The clarity of the optics though is unsurpassed in a scope at this price point. Nikon builds 'em good. I have several different models mounted and they've held up great over years of winter hunts.