I hate to say it, but the V3 is a newer design and the Leupold is oldish; the Weaver was at least as bright as the Leupie. My problem was that the V3 didn't work well with my bifocals except on 1X or 1.5X for some reason.
The gun I had it on was a combination gun with a shotgun barrel as well as a .308 barrel and I'd planned to use it on 1x for shooting shot in the shotgun barrel, then switch to 3X for the .308. Didn't work out. Now I just keep a buckshot shell in the shotgun barrel for "close encounters of the 'way too-close kind" and use the .308 barrel for normal hunting.
