i got back a scope i sent back

on a warranty claim and i must say...i am impressed with the customer service.

no questions asked. they simply replace the defective one with a newer and better one.

where i made a mistake is i selected the wrong scope for MY use. it's an 8-32x scope for a .308 Winchester.

seldom do i ever shoot more than 300 maybe 400 yards. so...do i need a scope of that magnitude? probably not.

no matter.

I'll have to 'zero' at 200 yards as i have a 20 MOA scope mount base it's mounted on so zeroing at 100 yards may be next to impossible.

over the years, i accumulated a number of scopes. some good, a few, not so good.

I've finally come to realize that the more a person can afford to pay, the better quality scope he will have...duhhhhh...

i have three top name scopes that cost into the four figures and i would not part with any of them. they are more than i could hope for for what i use them for.

i think the best thing i could have/should have done would be to configure the mounts so i could transfer them to any rifle i have.

but each rifle and each scope has a different application designation so it changes things...a 4x is really not too good for long range shooting (200 yds plus) and a 8x is too much for short range (100 yards and less) it gets challenging to arrive at the best solution (not to mention expense)

then...i get into another area...I'm also an avid airgunner...i like PCP air rifles and have two quality PCP's at the moment. but...air rifles are limited, normally, to less than 100 yards so...do i really need a $1000.00 scope in 10x? for the largest part...no.

it gets better and more complex as the issue expands.

one day...I'm gonna sort it out...