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Message: <blockquote data-quote="black crow" data-source="post: 2337138" data-attributes="member: 104878"><p>This is one of the main things I wanted to understand when I joined up here. For someone who is demanding but not obsessive in those demands, how much does one need to fork over to have a quality optic? I would say for me right now that would be somewhere between $100 and $300.  I'm not quite sure yet about that upper end value but I do know that the Vortex Raptors I bought for  around $130 are really all I need for a quality experience and I'm sure it can be done for less.</p></blockquote><p></p>