I have 2 conquests and they're great. I hear the VX3 is optically on par with the conquest but I haven't looked through a VX3. Mule Deer here has tested most of them and he says they're about the same optically (Conqest and VX3). I'm lusting after the Schmidt & Bender Summit (1" tube) myself.

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