Only thing I worry about with elites is they will cheapen them up to lower cost. Cause I don't see how they are making that much on these scopes. Maybe when bushnell aquired Baush and Lomb, they didn't have to pay for R&D. I see it with every product these days. Start out great, and then you get a VP that goes on a cost reduction rage, ruins a product to make a few good physical quarters (thinks he is a hero) and he leaves the company and another guy comes in to try to build the product image back up.

gob

I have a bushnell buckmaster that I had for about three years before picking up a leupold. It was a decent scope for the money, I think about $225 at the time. Go take a look at one at your sporting goods store, and if your interested pm me, and maybe we can work something out in your price range.

The VX-l. Nikon Pro Staff, Elite 3200 and Simmons Aetec. All are about 200.00 or a bit less. Any of these will hold up for many years of hard hunting yet the cost is reasonable. I have used all of these a lot.

I really like Nikons. My favorite rifle has a Buckmaster, and so far it has been my favorite scope. I thought it was a goner the other day, though. I was heading out to feed cattle, opened the door to let the cowdog in, set the gun in. I stepped on a cat's tail, and the cat hissed an took off, and out came the dog with the gun. She had caught her foot in the sling and brought the gun out with her. As soon as the gun fell, the dog came running over to me like "I'm sorry". Everything survived, and it shot dead on later that afternoon when I checked it out.