I'm looking for someone who can repair my 1995 vintage Tasco 36x target scope. HELP!
One thing to consider if you ever think about sending a "Lifetime Warranty" scope back to Tasco is that, from my experience, they DO NOT repair them. They'll very quickly shoot off a brand-new, Chinese scope which is somewhat similar in approximate details. I sent back a World-Class Plus about twenty years ago, or whenever they started importing them from China, and that's what they did - sent me a brand-new junk scope back.
China is capable of making good stuff, but Tasco was not demanding good stuff of them at that time. I actually gave it away. One turret knob sort of clicked, the other didn't click at all and it was less than impressive to look AT or THROUGH.
I've come to feel that (these days) scopes made in the the East CAN be really good, but not necessarily, and that they ARE simply disposable from a cost standpoint. It seems like every year or two, whatever you bought is now obsolete and a new STYLE scope is all the rage, so you'll never get another like the one you bought a couple tears ago.
Yeah, broad-brush proclamation, but you all are smart enough to sort out what's good and what's bad and with whom to trust your money. I have several "older" Japanese scopes that I will likely not get repaired as they eventually start to go downhill. Great scopes, but repairs would likely exceed replacement with something "decent."
Disclaimer: Neither I nor my rifles are up to any level of serious competitive match-shooting, so my opinion may not be relevant to the standards others attempt to maintain regarding their optics.
I do have Leupolds too. I'm not terribly brand-loyal - deferring to whatever fits specific requirement in size and power.