nope! just got my 3rd today...
got a older vari-x II 3-9x40..bought it used...still works fine...
a few years back a bought a new VX-II 6-18X40 AOT...tracks true and is a fine varmint scope...
just today i got a NIB VX-III 2.5-8x36...VERY nice scope...i think im in love! alot say they cant tell II's from III's...but to me, my III seems a fair bit brighter...although my II's have a 40mm objective..i dont know...probably not really "worth" the extra price...but i got it at II prices
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but im a happy Leupold customer...the Vari-x II ive had for 10 years now...and it was used when i bought it...its been through 10 years of heavy deer hunting..driving through nasty stuff...rifle took alot of hard falls...but no issues with the scope...