Our snipers and regional SWAT guys from my old department were devout LaRue fans. While I installed numerous scopes and components etc, I never really got into the research end of things. The other brands mentioned are not familiar to me.
I too am the typical African Safari dude, a 5,000 dollar rifle and a 29 dollar scope. Just never could fork over the dough for good optics. The now firearms instructor, who used to be a SWAT sniper has far more invested in scopes and mounts alone than I probably do in guns.
In Memory of Paul "Dietrich" Stines.
Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
Cue sound of Head slap.
RIP Muggsy & TMan
"If you are a warrior legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that JOCKO will not come today."