Not to be one that doesnt take advice given, but how would the vx-r 3x9 or 4-12x40 with say the firedot duplex treat me compared to the vx3/3i's i have now. Beside the addition of illuminated dot is the glass comparable, less, better? This would would put me ooh n the 525-550$ range. ...
I have not done side-by-side comparisons at dusk. However, side-by-side comparison of VXR 3x9x40 -vs- VX3 3.5x10x40, in normal daylight, the VXR glass is perceptibly clearer according to my 62 year old eyes.
My perception, the thin wires on the VXR reticles split the difference between the thin wires on Leupold's normal duplex reticles, and the thin wires on their heavy duplex reticles. Even without the red dot, I like the subtension of the thin wires in the VXR reticles. JMO...
