Ref price of scope i have never read of anything but praise for Leupold. I bought a Leica 1.75-5 X 40 ages ago, lovely scope, it is now on a Volquartsen .22 I have but I found out a few years later that Leica had never actually made rifle scopes, Leupold had made them for Leica under license. You are right, it would be utterly daft to stick a cheap scope on a fine double but I cannot see the difference in quality between the two though I will check this in 2 years time when the rifle is ready, rgds, Mike
