Nikon is no longer in the rifle scope business. They quit make rifle scopes almost three years ago.Nikon's scopes have decent glass for the money, and include a lifetime guarantee. Same for Vortex I think. Not sure about erector reliability, so if they're dropped on the day of the hunt all bets are off. As an aside, I have seen scopes advertised as "shock-proof".
Yes- just use the search feature on this site. I bet you get at least 2 dozen results that are newer than 2019 alone.Can we do a seperate thread for scopes in the under $1,000 range?
Get a 10x fixed power SWFA , good scope and can take the abuse . Made in Japan , not a Chinese piece of junk . Not a lot too go wrong from what I understand the fixed power SWFA scopes are the same quality as there variables.See if you can find a used Leupold maybe with a scratch or scrape on the objective lens. You will never, ever notice the scratch and the "damage" lowers the sale price of a perfectly functional more expensive piece of glass.
Leupold stands behind their scopes and for the money, they are pretty tough to beat.