For years now, I’d upgrade a couple rifle scopes here and there and mount the old ones on smaller rifles like the 10-22, 22-250, or maybe they were a bit better on one of the boys’ rifles. Zeiss and Sworovski were always out of my price range, but when Zeiss came out with the Conquest series for $470 I had to try it. Unbelievable clarity and brightness during low-light situations. It blew away similarly priced optics. But last I looked they had doubled in price.
My oldest boy just bought a pair of Vortex 10x42 binocs and they seem to be of very fine quality as well. I’ll probably try a Vortex scope next time I have a rifle in need of one