Not true.They have variable eye reliefs that are as little as 3.5" at 10x on the 3.5x10x40 vxiii.

stubblejumper is exactly right about the Leupold's variable eye relief. On a VX1 it goes from 4.2" @ 3x to 3.7" @ 9x.

And one has to wonder how there is so much range in eye relief on a Leupold when Bushnell,Nikon,Swarovski,Kahles,Zeiss and a few more have consistent eye relief.

Makes me glad that I shoot a .243...LOL

Excuse me! I didn't know a lousy quarter inch was that important. Besides I use a 2x7, don't need anything bigger, cause I have a varmint rifle.

The 1/4" is not at all a problem to me personally as I feel that is plenty of eye relief. The problem lies in the FACT that Leupold variable scopes have variable eye relief dependent upon the magnification setting. You can go to Leupold's web site and read for yourself. Not flaming you just stating the facts.

Actually it is 1/2" in the case of the scope given as an example.In any case I find 3.5" enough eye relief for any of my rifles including the ultramags

Oldelk with their design of constant eye relief, they have to sacrafise some (very little). Leupold does not have to. I can try to get my optics engineer to dig up some info about it if interested. He's on vacation back to his home in Europe for a week. Basically, the constant eye relief has to do with another pair of lenses.

BC not sure much if anything is sacrificed with constant eye relief being that Zeiss,Swarovski,Kahles,Bushnell,Nikon and many others that have it are just as bright if not brighter then a comparable Leupold and have in most cases much better resolution.

Oh, I totally agree. Oldelk, but with a Ziess, or Kahles, you are going to pay more for the extra feature, usally around $50 dollars I find. And I am starting to think it is worth it. As far as brighter. That depends on the yeild and quality. I am in the manufacturing enviroment. And used to buy lenses from alot of the different manufactures. Some would come in here on the hairy edge of the spec and some far exceeding the spec and should have been sold as a higher quality piece of glass.

Maybe Ziess has tighter QA than Leupold. Knowing the germs, I wouldn't put it past them. But still don't mind buying Vari X III models either. We tried this test the other night. I had a new conquest, and one of my Vari X III and set both at 10 power. Me and a buddy both tried to read a licence plate far away in low light. He couldn't tell an ounce of difference, niether could I? Then I took another Vari X III and the other one (and conquest) was much brigher. I fiddled with adjusting the focus but no dice. Just a bad yield I guess.

By the way, picked up a stainless from your recommendation on ebay. Got a 3.5-10X44 conquest for 505. Excellent choice.