Ya know we like to bag on Leupold's lower end scopes at times, myself included. But the honest truth is none of them are junk. Leupold makes a quality scope with excellent customer service. They simply don't make POS scopes, I mean you can't compare them to a cheaper bushnell, tasco or simmons they are simply steps above those type of scopes in quality and optics.

What we normally mean is for the same or sometimes less money you could get a bit more technology or better features than you can with a bottom end Leupold.

That being said if the extra money for the Leupold is worth the confidence it brings to you then I guess it was worth the money to you. I use a mueller scope and before that used a Cabela's Alaskan guide scope. I love both of them, but many won't use them simply because they don't have the track record that Leupold has and probably never will. And there is nothing wrong with that choice at all.

Paul