Pretty much why you see me Recommending Leupold, Nikon, Weaver and Zeiss when it comes to budget quality optics. I recommend Minox too only because $179 bucks is not a lot to spend on a good scope and if you get 10 years out of it and the company goes tits up and you can't get it serviced...well you probably got your $179 bucks out of it. I probably would not buy a Minox $500 scope for the Warranty issues at hand.

I will throw Redfield in there as a good budget optic now that they are owned by Leupold. Redfield is a good example of how things can turn in this industry. They were in business dating back to 1909. Now days if you have a Redfield scope made before 2010 it has no Warranty. You have to go to Ironsight and they will repair the scope for a modest fee of $85 to $105. Wow for that sort of money you can buy a pretty nice Weaver Nitrex One.

Then there is another argument to made. With the advances in lens coatings and advances in scope technology a scope made today 10 to 15 years from now will really sort of be outdated and overshadowed by its predecessors. I look at some of the outstanding optics I have that I purchased 10-15 years ago in the $500-$1200 dollar range and compare it to some of the $200-$400 optics today with the modern multi coatings and really scratch my head.