I've looked through some of the NIkko scopes that come on the different Howa packages and the glass looks decent. Clear and bright at least. But the problem I've heard with them is the "tracking" I'll call it, for the lack of a better word, when adjusting from low power to a high power. I've heard several stories that while on say 3x it'll be dead on every time, but then when cranking it up to say 10x it'll be 2-3+ inches off in a said direction...