I think you did OK.
The newer scopes have a lot better glass than the older ones.
I remember the Weaver MicroTrac, which had a good rep for repeatable adjustments.
But, compare the glass in that 30 yr old scope with your VX-1 and you'll be amazed.
Even a cheap Chinese scope is a lot brighter than those old Weavers.
We thought they were pretty good back in the day.
DF
Spot On. I kept trying to convince my buddy to replace his ancient Redfield and he just wouldn't do it. I showed up at his ranch with a Weaver K6 I had taken off one of my rifles and just past dusk asked him to pull out the Redfield and check out a great Pyrenees meandering his field about a hundred yards away. I made sure he was at 6x. He said he saw a whitish shape. I handed him the K6 and had him look again and he nearly fell over. Could not believe what he was seeing. He said he could see every feature on the dog, including the collar and tag and then said loudly "Whoa" I can see my neighbors' old lady in her house several hundred yards away. I promptly went about mounting that K6 for him as a gift. Since then I helped him buy a new new rifle and found a Bushnell 4200 for about $175 that I mounted for him. He used it to kill a huge Eland past sunset that had wondered on to the property. No way does he make that shot with the older Redfield. Competition in the optics world has been a great thing.
