Sorry to hear about your trouble with the scopes. I don't like to spend a lot on scopes either, but I have had pretty good luck with Bushnell in the past. I got rid of one, though because it had very little eye relief and after one range session shooting some heavier loads I looked like I had been in a bar fight. So I traded that one for a Simmons ProDiamond- like Dave said, I have 2 now for several years and haven't been able to break them, even after dropping the scoped rifle on a concrete floor. Only minus is that they are only 4 power- most of the time that is okay for me, but there have been times when I was wishing for more...