Thanks all, I had a wonderful Orange C14 5 years ago and have always regretted selling it, but I really couldn't afford the mount it deserved. I think the C14s tend to be better optically than the smaller SCTs, they sell a lot fewer of them. I bought my Mewlon 250 used for $3800 with a BT dovetail included (it has a very small dent in the OTA, but is optically great and cosmetically very good other than that). Otherwise the Mewlon 250 would've been out of my price range too. If I just hadn't bought my used monster mount I wouldn't even be tempted ... That Mewlon just looks so small on it.
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Tough decision to make ... I'm going to give it another week and take my Mewlon 250 out a few more nights, maybe Astronomics will sell out by then ...
Thanks again,
Chuck