[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

Originally Posted by renormalised

I think what we're seeing here, Peter, is a big disparity between the quality of the scopes that seem to be coming out here. Some batches of the scopes are fantastic pieces of kit and other batches aren't worth using for boat anchors. I think, though, what you have to do is buy from a reputable dealer who will honour all warranty agreements and has a good reputation for service and sales of quality equipment. But getting back to scope quality, the consistency of the quality of build of many scopes coming from these Chinese/Taiwanese manufacturers is just not there. Sometimes they're great, at other times, not so great. Some factories are much better than others, though.

hear hear.

Dave