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Honestly the new Bushnell Match Pro EDs look like the ticket. Made in China unfortunately but you find me a set of binos with the features it has for under 700.

How far do you use the Swaros and for what type of shooting?

I was able to find a closeout Monarch 5 field scope 16-48x60 for a good price. Would that work? Still leaning towards binos.

Not trying to do anything but be better informed.

While doing more research I came across these Celestron Echelon 20x70s... optics made in Japan and assembled in USA. However, FOV is a bit narrower 15x56s. What are SH's thoughts?

Unfortunately the Forges are Chinese, otherwise they'd be perfect.

Thanks! I will keep those options in mind. The BX-5s being close to Swaros is high praise.

Any specific magnification I should be looking for?

I'm fine with simply acceptable performance overall, but what I really want is great performance for the money. Not looking to hit the $1k mark. I just need to be able to call hits and misses on steel out to just past 1k or so.

I called up Burris to ask about the Signature HD and the gentleman recommended I go for the 10x for the field of view coming from his experiences as an RO. However, I see many recommending the 15s. Would a 25% magnification increase justify doubling the cost? Where is the sweet spot in price to...

I just bought a roll off Amazon. I'll report back when I get it which should be a week or so. It took a while to find something that wasn't no name chinesium.

Yes, I did.

They look good but they're a bit more than I am willing to spend at the moment.

Just found out the Kaibabs are Chinese so those are out.

Yeah, I've considered the Kaibab and HX 15x56s to be the next step up but they're about double the price. Maybe in the future.