Tim B, I have and really like my two 2.5-8s. I picked them up gently used at less than new 2-7 prices. Like you'd said, my old trash filled eyes cannot see $100 difference in the latest version. I need one or two of them. Jack
"Do not blame Caesar, blame the people...who have...rejoiced in their loss of freedom....Blame the people who hail him when he speaks of the 'new, wonderful, good, society'...to mean ,..living fatly at the expense of the industrious." Cicero
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