Because a Stone Sheep hunt can be $60k. Really stinks to have a $60k hunt messed up by a $50 ring that broke when you could have spent $130 and been golden. Money obviously wasn’t an issue if he was hunting stone sheep.
I wouldn’t bet reliability on just bonding. Start with a good set of rings and bond those. Sure, many guys haven’t had issues with Talleys. But we’ve seen enough here to know that it’s a big possibility. I’ll bet a thread on Warne Mountain Tech or NF XTreme Ultralights wouldn’t have near as many...