ORIGINAL: James B

If I had niot started hunting until I could afford a Luepold scope, I would have missed the first 48 years of hunting. My eyes are old and they don't use anything except a good scope or a very good peep sight. I have had at least 50 scopes over the years. Most were Bushnell and Tasco. I never in all of those years had a scope fail and cause me to miss a shot or not provide a clear picture and enough light to make a good shot. I now use a few Luepolds and Swift scopes and like the Aetecs best of all. I hear horror stories of cheap scopes failing. Never had it happen to me. Most of the scope failures that I saw as a gun dealer were caused from poor mounting and just plain abuse. By far the most common problem was adjusting the elevation or windage to the end of their adjustment range and not using the rings and base to do most of the adjustment before they touch the scope adjustment dials. This will wreck a scope in short order.