I own about a half dozen and think they are very useful hunting scopes. I'm guessing most of the folks on here who "trash" them have never owned them, and are just trying to fit in with their peers (most of whom have no personal experience with them.
"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
I have owned two and sold two. There will not be a third.
A reasonable concept, but the quality was lacking severely both mechanically and optically. I owned the first one around 92. I tried again around 2000 thinking perhaps things had improved. They had not. Perhaps they have now...