Paul I understand your practicality issue. The issue comes with your hunting conditions and hours. We are allowed to go 1 hr after official. The leaf canopy does not drop till late in the season. This can make for challenging light conditions. The mid price point ($500 MSRP) definitely hold advantage over lesser scopes. A Meopro/Conquest are more useful than a Freedom in these conditions. A open prairie hunter probably wouldn’t notice the difference. Nor a hunter in a state with shorter hunting hours.
All of my rifles that are a favorite have this level or better optics.
GreggH
