nsaquam I hate these conversations
because I am no optics expert, just a user,and lots of other people on here have had good experiences with them; so I don't like to say good or bad about anything....all I can do is relate what happened to me....and note in passing that I am more hung up on mechanical reliability in a scope than finer shades of optics.
So when something like that happens I am not the most forgiving guy in the world.
I tend not to give things a second chance so to speak...