FWIW my cousin just met me for a pig hunt in Texas, and he flew a cheapie Axis/ Bushnell combo in the flimsiest plastic case you ever saw....and it all survived without a scratch and worked just fine.
I had no idea you and Steelhead were cousins.....
"The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them." -Master Chief Hershel Davis