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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Roy C" data-source="post: 3323625" data-attributes="member: 18798">Thanks for that Ron. I am in my 70's now and money is no object but at the same time I do not like wasting money lol (brought-up in the 50s when money was very tight!) . Most of my use would be on the estuary so I guess I would need a fair mag? The weight of these scopes is no big deal as I am used to big DSLR lenses where 2KG is considered lightweight.The only other scope I have owned was around 15 years ago when shopping was done locally, Went into the local optics shop and bought the only scope they had in stock (a cheap Nikon) easy shopping!. The trouble these day is that we have too much choice and so many different opinions/reviews :-O</blockquote>