This is how I kind of look at it. I'm already spending a descent chunk of change, so why not spend $100 more dollars or so. I also want to buy the "RIGHT" scope, so 5 years from now I'm not kickin myself in the butt because I didn't get the right one in the first place. Plus it's not like this item won't be good 5-10 years from now. Hopefully if I get the right one, it will last me many, many years. Thankyou all for the info.

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