Had a friend work as a manager in a large sporting goods chain store. He said of all the scopes his store warrantied there was not a single one that had anything wrong with it. .
Not sure what you're saying here, are you talking about scopes that people brought in for repar or warranty issues?
It's hard to believe that not a single scope of any brand ever malfunctioned, or that the manager of the store would be in a position to make that kind of determination. Did he take the scopes apart and do the warranty work himself?
On the whole concept of "I've killed a sh**-loaf of game with XXX-brand scope so I know they're all I need, it's hard to argue with that logic.
When I lived back east I almost never got a shot over 100 yards hunting in the big hardwood stands. Scope adjustments and their reliability were not something that mattered to me.
That didn't mean they're ot important to other people who hunt differently than I did.
