New budget scope question

[Catfish]

I`ve been sold on Leupold ever since 1969 when I got my first Leupold. I have had about all the other brands and have had trouble with all. I`ve owned 3 Burrius scopes. All were veriable handgun scopes, and was not happy with any of them. With 1 the point of impact would move 6 in when going from 3x to 9x. 1 would not adjust through the power range it was suposed to and the third is just not clear. I`ve never ownd a Nikon, but with the price of the lower end Leupolds I see no reason to buy 1. I buy alot of guns just because I think they are to cheap, and I`m sure that some day I`ll get one with a Nikon, but when buying a scope for one of my guns I only buy Leupold, the others are for tradeing matterial.