Jorgy
I have many times. I hunt with every gun I own. When I night hunt for hogs, my best scope is a simmons 2*26*50. It gathers light better than my leupold of similar specs. This is one of the reasons I question the line of reasoning as to whether you get what you payed for. I paied about 130 bucks for the simmons, I paied over 400 bucks for my leupolds. When I night hunt, I grab the 7mm mag with the simmons on it. I pass up my 30-06 with a leupold 6-18X 40mm.

By the way, no I dont think the difference is worth 200 bucks. My personal oppinion. Funny thing about this, I tend to like the guns I have set up with the cheapies better than the ones set up with the expensive ones. Example; I have a rem. 700 Bld, 30-06 with a leupold, I have the very exact gun, same claiber with a simmons whitetail on it. I have used the one with the whitetail more than twice as much as I do the one with the leupold. Reason, I dont really know. They both work about the same. It might be Im afraid of damaging the expensive one. I live in the sticks, so I have a rifle with me almost all of the time. I shot coyotes skunks, hogs etc. on a daily basis, so I get a lot of use out of my guns.