Ah, interwebz. I was actually agreeing with everything you had said, I apparently just wasn't clear about it.
My point, which I imagine you'd agree with, is that a 1-6x Mark 6 or Swarovski may have more use at extended distances or small difficult targets than lesser glass in a 1-8x. Not that there are many low-end 1-8x scopes, but there is that Vortex no one has yet mentioned (and which shall remain nameless).
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