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Message: <blockquote data-quote="orbitaljump" data-source="post: 1351002" data-attributes="member: 34145">Thanks for the info.I havent seen the Smith and Wesson, but I dont like the Bushnell Legend thick rubber armor(so I wouldnt like the Alpin Apex).  The Brownings look sweet though with the diamond shaped groves on the diopter adjusting eypiece and the center focus...without all that ribbed rubber armoring.Lets face it, Im not starving for good optics...thus I can afford to be vain.I picked up the Pentax for $240.  Maybe the lighter Kowas were the way to go.  Wish I could pick up Brownings for $120 and be done with it.If I dont like the Pentax or Kowas, Ill probably get another porro for them.  I just thought they would like a roof prism style bino.</blockquote>