terence said:
Are these the best scopes?
Hmm... it depends on what you mean by "best."
I have a red 2003 UT, and the Shrewd has *exactly* the same color, so it looks awesome. The scope quality is really good, too, and it is quite excellent, overall.
But I decided to order a Beiter 39mm wide scope, because it is very "modular," and it should be possible to configure it in many ways. The Beiter scope is ugly, but I suspect it will be more flexible at the end of the day:
http://www.wernerbeiter.com/english/news/news-scope39.html
In particular, note the .pdf link near the end of the page that shows their "frame" system, the interchangable pins, the sunshade, etc.
But I got a SureLoc 3rd axis for each of them, so it will be possible to swap them at will....
kgk