Toby hit the nail on the head. It's how badly you feel you need the extra minutes a day of use. When I hunted deer regularly, my rifles all wore Leupolds. I tried some of the European high end scopes on friend's rifles, but I never felt really handicapped with Leupold scopes. Kahles was probably the brightest scope I ever looked through.

My binos were bought used, but I never really knew how good a pair could be until I got them. They are Fujinon, and have no means for focus. Once you focus each eyepiece for that eye, they are always in focus at any distance, from up close to infinity. I didn't even know that feature existed until I got them. Now, I wouldn't have anything else.

SRH

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