After reding this its ends my worry that in not alone in the search for the the best old school type scope albeit somewhat heavy compared to the new type,which I must say after a few years trying all the modern ones from the cheap to the dearest I still find my favourite has got to be the gold crown wa ao 3-9x40 I had one for years and used them that much the turrets fell off I was devestated and I'm still looking for a replacement so any one got one pm me 😗
I'm using the nickko sterling gold crown 3-9x40wa at the minute but I find myself wanting the ao back