I have been shooting a Brno 22lr with a 3X9-40 Leupold Vari X II for the past year. It had been wearing a 4X Bushnell Sportview for the past 2 years. Putting the Leupold on it was the best thing. No longer was the cross hairs thick as fence posts. 3X has never been too much magnification even when shooting gophers at 25 yards. Put when you feel like punching paper or streching shots out to 100 yards the 9X is nice to have. Considering there is NO difference between the older Vari X II and the new VXI except they are $125CDN cheaper I say go for it!