weight or having a pretty rifle don`t concern me, when I am killin animals,accuracy and being able to see thru my scope in all weather conditions is what I need always and to be honest ,I hunt in very cold conditions sometimes -20 below these nightforce scopes seem to stay clear , stay zeroed in, even when I just leave my rifles outside or in the truck and they do get beat up a little too. >have you ever seen the Nightforce advertisement on the American sniper soldier with the bullet thru his nightforce scope ? and this soldier just kept using that shot up Nightforce scope and that scope never failed him so that`s why I use them. good luck with your choice,Pete53
