If you read it on the internet, it must be true! You get many "experts" that have only a very limited amount of experience that recommend or trash almost everything. I doubt that there is a truly bad $300 scope on the market. Read the specs and look through the scopes to find the one that will make you happy. I would also seriously consider the application. A whitetail hunt in Tenn. is very different from a high altitude sheep hunt or a cape buffalo in thick jess.