Questioned my purchase..........until i put it on the rifle - Primary Arms 1-8 x 24mm LPVO Rifle Scope

I have never written a review so bear with me. First off, I ordered this optic as an impulse buy after reading all the reviews about it. I ended up ordering it from OP with a 10% off coupon. Then I kept going back to the few negative reviews on here about it. I started to question if spending over 1K on it was really the best allocation of funds. I just kept thinking of the bad reviews over the dozens of rave reviews on here and everywhere else. Then I got the optic in. First impression was its heavy, but that's not necessarily bad. This thing is built like a tank! It seems rugged but is so finely tuned with every attention to detail being spot on. The magnification ring is so smooth and really feels ultra quality in hand. Then I looked through the reticle and it is flat out amazing! They put every thought into this thing. You can realistically range targets out to 600m and do so with a reticle that's not overly busy. I bought the Raptor over the Griffin model because I didn't feel the additional hold overs were something I would realistically ever use. Plus, I liked the fact that there is less going on inside the window. I promise you I would absolutely buy this again. For the money you get such amazing quality that is normally seen in scopes in the 2K plus range. The reticle is second to none. They literally thought of everything with this scope. The only one small thing I wish it had was a throw lever on it. Not because the magnifier is hard to turn but because it's faster to reach up and be able to go from one end of the magnification range to the other with a throw lever like some of the other LVPO's have. Would that even change my mind on buying it again? Absolutely not. Overall, I'm extremely happy with my purchase and always happy with my experience with OP.