Chinese made piece of #@!#!@ - Hi-Lux Optics Automatic Ranging Trajectory ART M1200 6-24x50mm Rifle Scopes, 30mm Tube

Having been asked on many occasions how I like my Hi-Lux Leatherwood scope I am finally able to offer my honest opinion. It is a Chinese made piece of #@!@!#.
In Brief if you plan to use it for anything other than a conversation piece forget about it, move on. I have had nothing but trouble out of this Chinese made !@#$. My other Hi-Lux CMR has been fine. So I took a chance and purchased the ART 1200 based on the Leatherwood reputation. Thinking I would be able to teach my children to shoot long distance. This is due to the calibrated ranging. So what was the problem? After about 10 rounds out of my M12 same for AR10. The calibrated base comes loose. The scope will not hold Zero at 100 meters. Heck it is not even on paper. You spend $600.00 on a scope, does it seems reasonable that it would hold zero? Im talking about holding zero from one shot to the next. As far as turrent tracking expectations. These were set low I don’t expect a 600.00 scope to track accurately and I was not disappointed . So after several trips to the local optics shop to have the scope fixed with no luck. I contacted the manufacturer who made a less than generous offer of $300.00 trade in value for the defective product in exchange for a new scope. I have considered a couple of the Hi-Lux scopes and found the optics to be terrible. One of these was the 1-8 CMR 34 mm tube looking through the glass the wall eye was terrible. It is a first focal plane scope and I don’t think I have ever seen so much reticle shift. It was like looking through a box of marbles. please forgive the exaggeration in this analogy but you get my meaning I hope. I am told it does better at higher magnifications. I also considered the Phenom scope but for 500.00 difference in cost. I would just go with another SWFA (my current intermediate range scope) or maybe a Primary arms with the ACRS reticle. These are all getting excellent reviews (Take a look at Rex Reports). I am very disappointed that the Leatherwood name no longer means quality and dependability.