if S&B charged 15 grand for a scope people would still buy it, just like people buy a mercedes or BMW thinking its the most reliable car out there when in fact the opposite is true in most cases. I know this is going to piss some folks off but a rifle scope is a sighting instrument for your rifle, total optical quality should be in your binoculars rather than obsessing about it in your rifle scope. The only advantage to a more expensive scope is tracking and zero repeatability that is at least if that brand of scope is known especially for that, absent of needing that which most people don't I see no need to spend an obscene amount of money on a scope. find the animal and judge the trophy with your binoculars and as long as the glass in your rifle scope is equal to a conquest or elite 4200 all will be well.
