ORIGINAL: cardopski
... it will all depend on my going to a few scope dealers (there aren't many in my town) ...
For 1,000 bills, I'd say it'd be worth the drive to find a place with a good selection to compare these high-end scopes against one another. Offhand, I can think of Cabela's, & Sportsmen's Warehouse. BassPro doesn't have the high end of either the Zeiss or Swaro lines.
Can anyone else think of some other places?
Cardopski, can you tell us where you're located?
FC