I have an older Leupold VX-1 3x9x40 on a 300 Win Mag Vanguard DLX, and a new Leupold VX-1 3x9x50 on my new 7mm Rem. Vanguard Tan synthetic.I just bought a Leupold VX-1, 4x14x40 to put on my new .257 Vanguard that I recently restocked. I own several other scopes on many different rifles, including 2 Redfields ,an older Illuminator and a Tracker , both still good ,3 Nikon's, one 3x9x50 and two 3x9x40's, all reasonably priced Buckmaster models.
An old Tasco that came with a recently bought used Marlin 336 , and a Tasco that came on an older Remington Model 788 which I just traded for,,,which will be replaced when my money situation improves.I also have a couple of older retired scopes. None of my scopes are high end, but they do what I need them to do. When I was a teenager, I bought a Browning .308 (BAR) topped with a Redfield scope , and it was considered by my family as top of the line. And it was pretty darn good!
Scopes , to me , are the finishing touch on any set-up. You don't feel like the gun is ready until the scope is right!