RE: Your take on scopes
I see no reason for the less than $100 scopes for the simple reason that I would never trust any of them on a big game hunt.My own personal minimum for hunting is the bushnell elite 3200 series as they offer good glass and have proven dependable.The Leupold VXII costs significantly more,and offers no optical advantage in my opinion.If I have a larger budget,I skip right to the Zeiss conquest line,since I find them to have optics superior to the Leupold VXIII for the same price.If I want a serious long range scope that must have precise tracking,I buy Nightforce.
Actually I used to own over a dozen Leupold scopes,but I will never buy another,because I feel that the price is just too high for what they offer.There are far more affordable scopes that perform just as well.