As I pointed out very early in this thread, one reason fewer optics companies are offering 4x scopes is they're competing with the thousands (millions?) of 4x scopes cranked out by various companies for the last century.
These don't break all that often, so you can pick them up for anything from $50 to $150, and the price seems to be going down. Why in the hell would some 21st-century optics company spend part pf their time marketing 4x's?

However, geezers who know they can kill stuff even at 400+ yards with 4x scopes can now get some great deals. despite some of them really liking higher-X variables as well--especially if they also like older rifles, where a fixed 4x looks more "correct."

So what are you bitching about?

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