i just bought a leupold 3.5 by 10 the salesperson told me it was the 2004 model the one i wanted but when i went on leupold site the dont seem the same as far as certain options can some one tell me how i could tell the diffrence between a 2003 and 2004 thank you

The Vari X III would be from 2003 and I believe the 2004 is a VX III. Look at the Golden Ring. The VX III is finger adjustable (no coin required) and has a side parallax adjustment. The other features are internal.

Hope that helps. If you got a sweet deal because they were clearing them out, I would consider keeping it. But I would be real peeved at the sales person.

340,

As 340WM said, the new ones are designated VX. The old ones are Vari X. Only certain models have side parallax adjustment. The 3.5-10 doesn't have it as far as I know. As he also mentioned, the elevation and windage adjustments can be made by hand on the new scope. The old version required a coin or screwdriver.

I've got a VX III 3.5-10x40 on order myself. I haven't owned a Leupold in two or three years now, but I'm excited about these new ones. I hope they live up to all the hype.

i paid 459 iwas mad because i asked the sales person 3 times and he told me it was a 2004 but i called him back and he said it was no problem the mistake was his to bring gun back in and he ordered the new scope thanks for your help

Least the guy corrected the error? Might have been a little to late though.

I'm curious, what does the new one that's on order cost?

I priced one out recently and they weren't much difference then the price before all the clearing out action started.

they are the same price they are no longer called vari x 3 they are vx3 suppose to be alot better scope the sales guy was great i went back and he took it off and gave me a store credit told me to come back next week and he is going to have the new scope will have me for a customer for along time