re: Scope Suggestion

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Never had an issue with them

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Nobody ever does until they do. If youve ever had to tweak your zero, youve had an issue. Swarvoski scopes all fail drop tests miserably.

Do you really want to spend a boatload of money on a sight that might no longer be right because it got bumped?

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there is a LOT to be said for having high quality glass

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There really isn't. It only needs to be good enough to see what youre trying to shoot when it is legal to shoot it. Your scope isn't for glassing, it's for telling you where the bullet will land. If it can't do that 100% reliably in 100% of used conditions, the glass is worthless. Good glass matters when you're spending a few hours behind binoculars or trying to "measure" a buck at very long range. It doesn't matter for your sight.

I've gone from great glass and questionable reliability to good enough glass and absolute reliability and trust me, it's the right way to be. Glass quality, features, weight, etc are all meaningless without 100% reliability.

Eta: I'm using a non-HD SWFA right now which is absolutely poo garbage glass compared to anything swarvoski. I can still easily kill deer in the last minutes of legal light in thick woods. That's all it needs to be able to do.