I also think that there is nothing $1000 better than a VX-III. As a side note, I really hope that Leupold offers the XT reticle in the VX-III line...OR offer the same reticle #4 that Premier put in Leupolds before they severed their relationship

"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered."
― George Orwell, 1984