I can't beleive that I'm even saying this as I;ve always spelled scope, LEUPOLD. I am in the process of building a new rifle and am reall, really having a tough time convinceing myself, or my wife, to shell out a grand plus for the features and magnification that I want. So I have looked into alternatives and have narrowed it down to, a bushnell ELITE 4200 in 5-15 tactical model, #2 would be a Vortex Viper 4x16 tactical model also, and last but not a Nikon Monarch series 4x16 tactical. I haven;t ruled out a vx2 in 6x18, as that one isn't bad. I am not a fan of the vx line of scopes, they are ok, but do not compare to the original vari -x2 lines, never mind the vari x 3;s, now that was and still is a dynamite scope. I have a couple of each in different power ranges and they are awesome. I guess it shows to go ya,that we at least do have options, but you have to weed out the junk. I found a decently priced website that is libertoptics.com. I feel their prices are pretty competitive, and the scopes they have seem to be the ones that we are mostly interested in. Good luck, AIM SMALL, MISS SMALL.............gun)lightbulb