ORIGINAL: 1eyebuck

I have a leupold and I can tell you even though it has a great reputation, I will never buy another. I purchased a new 3x9x40 matt finish brand new. It's avx II, I purchased it for 229.00 a few years back. I put it on my mark v ss 300 weatherby mag. Something went wrong with the scope and because they advertise in hand warrantee I sent it back. The manager called me and said the scope is so old they don't have parts for it. I asked what he was smoking. I said the scope is 2 years old and I purchased it brand new. He said if I did I would have sent in the box and bag. I said why would I do that? There is no guarantee I would get that back. He said well I can tell how old it is by the letter e in the beginning of the scope. I said you're a complete idiot and have no idea what you're doing. They didn't even have matt finish back then. I said what happened to in hand warrantee? He said ok we will do what we can and ship it back to you. When I got it back it was damaged. It had a scratch in the lens. Since then I purchased a Nikon scope. I have to say it's one of the best scopes I ever had. It's very clear and when it starts to get dark the recitals start lighting up making it very easy to see the crosshairs as well as the target. I shot a 10 pointer this year with it and the deer was at 50 yards the scope was set at 7 power. I had no time to react and had no issues seeing the deer and the spot I wanted to shoot him at. Anyhow like the other said, you should have no problem finding a good scope for that price. Good luck.