I am a huge fan of the Elite scopes, rainguard WORKS, and it is the only such system I have ever seen that does prevent fogging. Nothing worse than a fogged scope when a shot opportunity arises. Been there, done that. However!! I just pulled the trigger on a Redfield myself. Things I dont like about the elite are the bulky eyebell, short eye relief and the heft. The Redfield beats it in all those categories. And as mentioned the Leupold garantee is second to none. Throw in the fact that it is made in America and that is enough of a trade off to win me over.. Seems like a lot of scope for the $..
Ill bet the Redfields will hold their value better as well.
Last edited by Wstrnhuntr; 01/27/12.
