Sorry if it did not trash your sacred lamb. Take a gander at the Snipers Hide at all the issues from people that really "use" their optics and not baby them. My own observations are enough to make me stay away. All of the issues that I described are common knowledge, except here and documented by others that have had similar issues even after return for repair. Strange that no one here ever experiences issues. Maybe those older scopes were of a high quality than what is being made today.