GBExpat
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I like that, well stated ... Walkalong the Wordsmith.Some people really can’t tell great glass from good glass, so are not likely tobpay for it. Some people can see it, but don’t appreciate it enough to pay for it. Some simply cannot afford the higher end stuff. ...
And some folks <hand raised> may have never even looked thru good glass ... mostly because the cheap glass is adequate for their purposes. O'course, only in the last decade, or so, have I glassed one of my longguns due to my presbyopia. I have always much preferred using irons over glass.
After being around hunters all of my life I also know that there is often an aspect of an Urge to Impress tied to the scope selection by some.
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A couple of decades ago, I came to work one day (while the stock price was UP) and mentioned that I had finally bought a new car. Many of the people in the office were disappointed that, rather than a Mercedes even a BMW, I had only gotten a Volkswagen Jetta (not even a Passat, for crap sake). I tried to explain to them that it perfectly fit my needs (and did so for years) for my 70+mile-round-trip 5-day-a-week commute but they were disappointed that boss chose to drive a VW. <sigh>
Hahaha ...