Optics can be a very personal choice, I've tried quite a few and still have a dozen or so mounted on various firearms.
I've not tried Arken glass, I generally prefer fixed power, high mag scopes and most of my shooting is with specialty pistols from a rest. I have used their one piece mounts and like them, well made and reasonably priced. My Mueller 40x have decent glass, not Zeiss by any means, but useable. Also, I'm not going to mount a high dollar scope on a pistol that can easily have an 'accident' like happened to my Tasco(Japan) 36x. It still works great on a Contender, but the fall dinged the front so the shade is now permanently mounted.
Stay safe and keep shooting.