I've been wrestling with the same question. I have a pair of alaskan guide binoculars and love them.....as do all of my friends. The one drawback I see with the AG scopes is that they seem real heavy, compared to similiar Leupold. I also considered the outfitter scope, but then you are paying the same money as for a leupold...Let us know how you like the AG scope if you get one...I do have a pine ridge scope on my Knight 50 cal muzzleloader, no problems so far....and cabelas does stand behind their gear, but to the degree of a leupold???