You usually can find a better buy on a Leopold comparable to the more expensive Euro-scopes. And I'll echo the comments above: Leopold is often smaller, lighter for the same quality.

I bought my first Leopold over 30 years ago at a gun show. It was a used 3X, and had obviously been rode hard and put away wet. The first time I took it out to practice, the lenses all fogged up, and at the first shot, something rattled inside.

Sent it to the factory, and in 2 weeks, it was returned with all new seals, a new inside lens and a dent in the body of the scope either repaired or replaced. Cost was: $00.00 (well, I did have to pay the postage), along with a note from "Beth" hoping the scope got to me in time for the upcoming deer season (I kept the note with the rifle when I gave it to a nephew and he's still using the scope on its 3rd rifle).

Pretty hard to fault customer service like that.....probably why I've purchased Leopold's almost exclusively.