No more Luepolds for me either. I never was a big fan of them but when you trash your life long selling points, being all USA made and the one piece tube, then I loose all respect for them. There are many scopes out there that are just as reliable and do the job required for HALF the price or less. They will get no more of my hard earned bucks unless they kick it up a notch or three to get the quality somewhere near their price. You can just live so long on your name alone.