RE: NEW 2005 Simmons Aetec ??
Guess there are two ways to look at the Zeiss for me:
1) if I ever buy one, I obviously have enough money to spend 600 on a scope.
2) I hope a rabid monkey escapes from the zoo and beats me with it for spending that much on something that almost certainly isn't worth 3 times as much as what I get out of an AETEC.
That's not to say there is anything wrong with anybody buying a Zeiss, cause there ain't. I'd just be, well, shocked if a Conquest was three times better for what I want than an AETEC is for 140$.