I have two or three issues with buying a 15x
1. I am a tightasss. I will have to justify spending $2200
on the SLC HD's, or around $1000 on the Meopta HD's or
something comparable.
2. It will have limited use, as I do not have the luxury of
hunting as much as Drum, or some others. It would
primarily be a mule deer glass, in which we only have a
9 day season, but could do some serious scouting with it.
Well, turns out there are only 2 big issues......
I'm in the same boat. I've a hunt coming up where the 15x will be most useful. Going the rental route. Swaro 15x56 HD including tripod is $180 per week which includes shipping both ways ($20 per day, $40 shipping which includes prepaid return label).
http://www.optics4rent.com/productdetail3.html 
