Call the forum optics sponsors, ask the ‘Hide reviewers for recommendations, and place a pre order if the scope in question isn’t in stock at the usual online sources.
100% agreed on Swiss made Browne & Sharpe.
I use their dial calipers for COAL & their outside micrometers for neck diameter, they have been a bit more consistent over the years than Starrett & Mituyo for me.
I’ll wait for the 6.5 CM boys to let me know what lube they run before I do an oil change.
In the meantime - may I suggest an excellent fuel lubricant -
I like the “bayonet for indoors” suggestion a few posts above.
Slap on a Quigley tang sight for those 1000yd hits, who needs a scope, unless it’s a Quigley Ford.
I feel your pain about Spuhr unimounts. Ain’t never going to have a home on my rifles, especially as Richard Near is somewhat local to where I am on occasion.
As far as NF - bah. Shoot through an unpopulated tube, and anything better than a QF will live.