Originally Posted by
Invincible
Prorate all the **** glass you've bought in your life,multiply that by the downtime incurred with same and the lost opportunities removed from the plate due solely to optical concession.
You'll discern that few things are as cheap as great glass,both initially and in the longterm. Start with greatness,end with greatness and note how it holds on to it's fiscal value during that span.
Start with ****,you end with **** and then can't sell it for ****...while suffering **** in the span.
Nothing adds Big Critters to a collection,like superlative bino's. Take that to the bank.
Very well stated. It took me a few years to realize this but optics is something I won't scrimp on any more. I have a couple of rifles in which the scope cost more than the gun. Not because I have expensive scopes - but because I would rather have a high quality scope and on gun of lesser quality than the converse.
It is often difficult to make people understand the value of quality optics when they can't see the difference between good glass and bad, or don't understand the value of quality glass with a lifetime warranty vs. cheap stuff that breaks and has to be replaced with regularity.
You can't shoot what you can't see. That is a truism in all facets of hunting.