Joe are you nuts? You want your bumps felt if it is a genuine Zeiss Diavari and not one of those Diaclit jobbies.
For God sake do what ever you have to, to raise the money for night vision but don't sell a decent scope. Even if you have to sell yourself as a toy boy around the pubs of Ross on grab a grannie night, but don't get rid of a good scope as it will cost you to replace it at some time in the future.