Guys, since Leupold brought out thier VXII scopes, I have been kinda confused on why a Vari-X III is so much better than VXII. The VXII has the same multicoat 4 coating and the same click adjustments. Bass Pro was having this big hoo ra ra, with all these vendors having reps on site. So I cornered the Leupold rep and he said the VXII has better characteristics than the old VariX II. But the VariX III has the multicoating on inside lenses also which gives something like 94% transparancy compared to the VXII with the coating on only two of the lenses for a 88%. Wow, you pay alot for that extra light gathering capability. Just if anyone else was wondering. Also got to talk a bit with Steve Puppe from Knight rifles. Saw a bunch of hunting videos with him in them before. Pretty down to earth guy with a cool job I must say. Said he still has to pay for the taxidermy work even though the sponsors pay for all these cool hunts. I don't feel sorry for him.