Originally Posted by Ridge Runner

leupold buys glass from ***an, which they grind into lenses polish and coat, BTW leupolds aren't cheap unless ya buy cheap ones, test a mark-4 and tell me how much better the conquest is.
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the 3x9 conquest price averages 500 bucks, the loopy 3x9 runs 300, step up to the vx-3 2.5x8 and the price is 400 bucks and it'll rival the conquest, the vx-2 was designed and built to compete with the weaver, redfields, and burris of years gone buy, ya get what ya pay for in optics, I own many many scopes, some I like better than others, but the ones I like, the reson is not because they are junk, if ya want a good scope pay the money, but no need to pay more than ya gotta.