Just my opinion but the bashing may be because those guys want to justify why they bought somthing else.
I can’t even count how many leupold scopes I have
But havnt had many failures one was a turret got loose. New scope in 4 days. Another a scope I got used in the 1980s I fell and dinged the eye piece another new scope in 4 days
So don’t have many new ones all are over 10 years old
For a pre 64 wood stock I like those gloss scopes with a gold ring the vx3
I have a 3.5 x10 on one of mine another has 2x7
I have several vx2 3x9 on others
