I regularly take out milk jugs, which are the same size as the vitals of a deer, at 500 yds w/ several of mine.
I don't care what scopes precision target shooters use because I'm not a precision target shooter; I'm a hunter who appreciates the KISS principle.
I also have no need to go to true long range, and recognize Rick does more of that than I do. No doubt what works for him works for him just as well as What works for me works for me and that he feels no more limited by sending in his heavy scopes for repair than I do making shots on the first try at the longest ranges I can find to practice around here.
