The "now I can see every little nick and scratch" part is the real story here, and it's not just scopes. Same thing happened when I got a good flashlight, suddenly every corner of my garage looked like it needed fixing. Same with people who buy a moisture meter and start finding "problems" in every wall of the house. The tool didn't change the building, it changed what you can notice. A $400 scope showing you a cracked blade is real value because that crack was always there, you just couldn't see it before. The trap is when seeing more makes you think every flaw needs action, when most of them were fine for years and would've stayed fine. So the scope isn't making you slower, your judgment is just catching up to your eyes, and that part takes time.

Oh man, I feel this so much. I started doing the same thing a couple months ago and now cold sandwiches just make me sad.