Bias, such a terrible thing, BSA were making scopes and lots of other goodies long before you were even thought of.
Even the cheap modern scopes made in china seem to be holding up pretty well against some incredibly expensive models in some of our long range shooting disciplines. I mean long range 1000+. At least 8 BSA scopes noticed at the last long range championships, not counting all the other cheap brands.
There's an old saying "If you don't like it, don't buy it." To each his own.