I've bough some CHEAP scopes over the years, and none have gone bad, most I've been pretty surprised with on there clarity and toughness. As for adjustments this past fall I helped my buddy sight in a Nikon Pro Staff on his 30-06 as it was the first time we could use a rifle during our hunting season, I had to move the adjustments 80 clicks to the right and 67 clicks up to get it on, but once we had it on, it was on.
Back to Inexensive scopes, I've never had a bad one from tasco to bushnell and some of them were $29 and Im still using them and they all have been abused and used. My friends crack me up when they say OH I Bumoed my scope I better check it to be sure it's still on.....if a bump messes up your scope you better throw it out..I've bumped em, droped em and banged em and they still hold zero.
Put that sucker to the test Dave, so far it looks like she'll be true.
(BP)