I haven't been impressed with the Leupold VXI series at all. As has been said, for the same price as one of those you can get a Bushnell (used to be Bausch & Lomb) Elite that will be a better scope. The scopes I've really been impressed with lately are the Sightrons. I've shot two guns with those on them and the scopes looked better than Leupold VX II's and were comparable to VX III's. Several of the benchrest guys have started using Sightrons instead of Leupolds or the Weaver T-series of scopes because Sightrons adjustment system is better. My next centerfire scope will be a Sightron.