I don't really understand the question.
Leupold pretty much owns the market in mainstream fixed power hunting scopes and I feel the glass and coatings have improved right along with everything else.
Scopes like the SWFA can only go so far in advancements before they become cost prohibitive to the market they are aimed at.
March makes fixed 40 and 50 powers...
Dave
...Hell, the 4x gets no love from anyone, does anyone other than Leupold even make one anymore?...
Weaver makes a damn good 4x38 Classic...I've got several of them. Absolutely the best 4x for the money out there IMHO. I believe that Swift makes one that is supposed to be decent. Meopta makes one, but not in a series they import to the US. I have a new production Russian VOMZ 4x32M, steel tube well built with pretty fair glass, but for the same price the Weaver kills it. There is a Romanian company that sells a high end 4x32, can't remember their name off hand...of course you have the regular assortment of cheap junk that has always been there too.
CowboyTim
IOR Valdada is the Romanian company. I have 4x scope of theirs that is 20 yrs. old and one of my favorite scopes ever. I bought it for 250.00 ( now lot more) then and other then the strange adjustments is an awesome scope. Wish I had a 6x also. I had a 8x56 of theirs that was too big and heavy for my use but an awesome scope as well.
I have :
4x weaver
2- 6x Weavers
4x IOR
20x SWFA SS
I do need a couple more 6x weavers so all guns in cabinet are ready to go.
All are older and have proved very durable.
I am upgrading my Binos and such as they are more important to my hunting then the scope.
