Well mtmuley - you started this thread -and it looks like you just ended it..
Could not have said it better !! Leupold hands down WINS. Sounds like you belong in my group- thanks for a really good read and some awesome humor. Ed
If price is the major concern, then I would agree that Leupold is very tough to beat. If price is not a major factor then I'll leave you with this quote from Barsness.........
"One other reason for selecting the S&B might be for use on rifles of higher recoil. One of my friends (and sources of scope info) is a custom riflemaker who makes a lot of rifles for world-wide hunters who prefer chamberings from .300 magnum on up. He tests each rifle with the scope the customer specifies, and reports fewer problems on hard-recoiling rifles with S&B scopes."......JB
