Yea Doug, so I suppose the guy that wrote the article in the link that I referenced, did not have his facts correct. Still there may be some hunters that can't afford (not me) or just don't want to spend the extra on the Meopro. Myself, I'm just happy to see a good manufacturer coming out with a new line of 1" hunting scopes as opposed to the heavy fat assed tacticool stuff we see so much of today. As I said, I am curious to see what the Optica 5 ' 2x10x42 will offer. If I like it, I'll buy it. RJ