those prices seem very expensive to me. nikon monarchs are cheaper in canada then leupold scopes are. nikon has much higher light transmition and it has everything else the leupold has. personaly i don't think leupolds are the best in their pricerange anymore. your paying for the name more then anything. i have a vx-ii and i love it but i would have bought a nikon monarch instead if i had looked thru one before i bought the leupold.

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