I got in on this too late to add much for sure ... not that I ever add anything of value anyway ?!? These are rated only on my personal, first hand expereince and in decending order. Over the years have had a bunch of scopes. Mostly on rifles I have bought to resale, trade, give away, etc. Currently I own scopes manufactured by Zeiss, Leupold, Swarovski, Bushnell and Weaver.
Five worst - Nikon Monarch, Tasco World Class , any Simmons, any Barska, and worst of all by a land slide .. any BSA. I put Nikon in this pack because of my extreme dissapointment with two "Monarch" models that I had. For the $$$, the peformance was weak.
Five best - Zeiss VM/V, Swarovski Z6, Swarovski Z3, Zeiss Conquest, Kahles.
As far as value .... of the ones I have ... the two best bang for the buck in my olpinion are the Elite 4200 and the Zeiss Conquest.
As far as flat out performance .... the Zeiss VM/V and Swarovski Z6 .... too close to call.