JagMag,

I have to agree with you too. I will say in fairness I hunted in Germany when I was stationed there a few years back, and some of the high end scopes had somewhat better light gathering capabilities. However, I used a Simmons scope and hunted early morning, late night and night, and I still shot my fair number of deer and fox. IMHO, if you can afford to buy a scope that costs twice as much as your gun, hey it is you, go for it..... the difference does not make me want to. I have a Sauer that I got for a steal, but goes for over 2,000, yet it has a 89.00 Simmons Pro 50 on it. And guess what, I can see even in fog and it never has lost its zero. So economically what is the benefit? Again, this is MHO, but I think guys buy them for bragging rights only.......... then again, if someone gave me one, I would use it, but in my book and opinion, the cost doesn't justify it.