Totally agree with you some sage advise here. High quality brand names almost always have a great resale market. Just thinking a bit out loud. I've basically always buy brand name but land on send or third place from top of the line. More of a value investor. But now with spotting scopes and knowing there could be serious time behind the lens vs other optics there may be good reason to buy top of the line #1 spot. Can't ever say I've spent hours behind a rifle scope or even binos. Yea I want them clear and effective in low light but I've always found spotting scopes hard to spend time behind. Most likely because because eye relief and glass quality wasn't really that great.
I'm psyched to be back hunting again and really looking forward to October in Colorado. All that said I know most of my glassing time will be at the rifle range and it won't be dawn or dusk, lol. I remember shooting Western Division matches with a match grade M14 and reading vapor trails with a spotting scope from the 1000 yard line. Use to think that was some pretty trick stuff. Remember the rifle well not the spotting scope. Guess the moral of the message is it's the "Indian not the Arrow". Funny thing is as I get older I seem to want better Arrows!
