I looked at the monarchs... they are SUPER nice nocs, no question, especially when compared to some that were 4-500 bucks or more, a great value for highend glass... i just didn't think they were worth 3 times the price or the action series... if you've only got 100 to spend, get the actions, you end up with high quality nikon optics... and on paper at least the specs on the actions are nearly as good as the monarchs... I'd wager some good money that for bow hunting even the actions are a little overkill for most terrain, unless you're out west glassing across canyons and such...

btw - Bass Pro has the 8x40 actions on sale for 69 bucks for black (my 8x40's are realtree)... the action zoom 10-22x50 is $119... this is a great price on some really good glass...