My setup is usually EGW one piece base with Vortex Viper low aluminium rings for my hunting rifles.
My wifes heavy barrel is the same, except i used Warne low steel rings.
Your the first i've heard think negatively on the SHV.
I've been seriously looking at Arken optics lately. They have been getting really good reviews. Comparing them to the Steiner M7, Razor, Schmidt & Bender.
They advertise ED glass from Japan. But nothing else.
I e-mailed them & they confirmed glass from Japan, and that they were two guys with their base in Texas. Finally that the scopes were made in China.
So i'm kinda torn now. With all the available buildings from manufacturing moving out of the city i live, and so many other places around the US, that 2 guys from Texas, supposedly proud of the US make them overseas kinda pisses me off!
But, excellent glass, First Focal Plane, zero stop, 34mm tube, and 0.5% or less tracking gaurantee for under $600 make it appealing.