Re: Millett vs. Hawke
My buddy has the Millet (I think 4-16?) and it broke the first round on his new .308 After the first shot there were some black specs on the reticle, which we believe was some sort of seal. Shot a few more rounds and the 'pieces' moved, but a larger piece appeared. Millet customer service was good, they accepted the scope back and sent him a new one. With that said, there is now another small black spec floating to the bottom right of the reticle..probably the same problem.
That scope looked like a snowy day compared to my Bushnell 4200 6-24. The bushnell was brighter at 24x than the Millet was at 16. Btw, this was towards the end of the day, right before dusk. Mid day, both were relatively equal, with the Bushnell pushing out the Millet in all regards (optically).
Needless to say, that's enough for me not to consider one.