I'd advise folks to consider the sample size. I like the Chuck Hawks site because they're not beholden to advertisers. That said, you have 1 person reviewing a sample size of 1. I'm sure they're giving us they're honest opinions, but they're not generally getting to look at a representative sample of a production run.

The people on sites like this one likely don't have the experience or expertise (in the AGGREGATE, folks!) that Chuck or Randy do, but we're reporting on dozens, or even hundreds, of experiences with a product. When product failures are seen on a regular basis by many different sets of eyes, that tells you something.

In my opinion, the prices of the widely-respected scopes are coming down so rapidly, that the Simmons scopes would have to be sold at a huge discount to compete with the deals out there right now. The old model Sightrons & Nikon Monarchs spring to mind.

Just my$.02,

FC