djb...Am always still amaqzed at how many shooters rank scopes mostly on optical quality, when there's relatively little difference in $500+ scopes these days.
Perhaps you should read some of ILya Koshkin's reviews on riflescopes. I can't think of a single person who's ever done "long term testing" on a group of scopes purchased new, used in the field for an extended period (or a period worthy of your acknowledgment) and then reported how they held up, tracked, held zero.....etc. etc...
