Thank you all for your recomendations
I will on the phone in the morning after going to the post office to post this one back and see what they offer the Bushnell Trophy for..
Catfish, I have two older Leupolds, a M8 Compact 4x and a 2.5-8 Vari X 111 which I am quite happy with however I got the chance to use a new Leupold the other month and it was awful
not clear and soon gave eye strain. I try to look out for good used quality scopes but wanted a higher mag scope to use on the range for load development. My serious hunting rifles wear these:-
6x24 Schmidt & Bender
3-7x36 Pecar Berlin (got two of these)
4x36 Pecar Berlin
3-9x42 Lisenfeld
4x Khales 4L2 scope
3-9x42 Tasco Titan (came on the rifle and it's quite good actually)
2.5-8 Vari X 111
7x50A Meopta
4x Zeiss Jena ZF4/N
I have some cheaper scopes on rifles as well like a
6x42 Deutsch
6x40 Apollo 5*
4x40 Nikko Sterling Platinum
4x32 ASI
4x32 Special Sporting Nikko Sterling ( from the 1960's and earlier)
I also have a weaver K3W and a Weaver K1.5 both have steel tubes and a Bushnell Scope Chief 3x. The weavers I brought new as was the S&B 6x42, adn Deutsch 6x42 and 4x32 ASI this one back in 1979 for my Feinwerkbau Model 127 air rifle.
My income now is very low and fixed so I have to get what I can when I can and Leupold prices here are just plain silly. For about the same I can get a Schmidt & Bender or possibly a Pecar.